Guajira Stubfoot Toad
Atelopus carrikeri
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Amphibians
The Guajira stubfoot toad or Carrikeri harlequin frog is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is about 5 cm (2.0 in) long and typically black, though some populations have orange coloration. This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of northern Colombia. It is critically endangered because of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and habitat destruction due to agriculture. The species had not been seen from 1994 until it was rediscovered in early 2008.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Atelopus