Atelopus varius
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| Estat de conservació | |
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| En perill crític | |
| UICN | 54560 |
| Taxonomia | |
| Super-regne | Eukaryota |
| Regne | Animalia |
| Fílum | Chordata |
| Classe | Amphibia |
| Ordre | Anura |
| Família | Bufonidae |
| Gènere | Atelopus |
| Espècie | Atelopus varius Lichtenstein i v. Martens, 1856 |
Atelopus varius és una espècie d'amfibi que viu a l'àrea compresa entre Costa Rica i Panamà.
Està amenaçada d'extinció per la pèrdua del seu hàbitat natural.
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- Pounds, J.A. and Crump, M.L. 1994. Amphibian declines and climate disturbance: The case of the golden toad and the harlequin frog. Conservation Biology 8: 72-85.
- Pounds, J.A., Fogden, M.P.L., and J.H. Campbell 1999. "Biological response to climate change on a tropical mountain." Nature 398(6728): 611-615.
- Savage, J.M. 1972. The harlequin frogs, genus Atelopus, of Costa Rica, and western Panama. Herpetologica 28: 77-94.
- IUCN 2006. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.<http://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Consulta: 9 d'abril del 2008.