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Atelopus moropukaqumir

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Atelopus moropukaqumir
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Atelopus
Species:
A. moropukaqumir
Binomial name
Atelopus moropukaqumir
Herrera-Alva, Díaz, Castillo, Rodolfo & Catenazzi, 2020

Atelopus moropukaqumir is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to southern Peru, where it was discovered in a cloud forest near Anchihuay in the department of Ayacucho, marking the first known Atelopus record from that region. It closely resembles Atelopus erythropus in appearance but differs in ventral coloration, skin texture, and snout shape. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatis, which has been implicated in the extinctions of other Atelopus species, was detected in some of the sampled individuals; however, the occurrence of the fungus was low, and did not seem to have any major impacts on the species; this could indicate that A. moropukaqumir has developed resistance to the disease.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Herrera-Alva, Valia; Díaz, Vladimir; Castillo, Ernesto; Rodolfo, César; Catenazzi, Alessandro (2020-09-23). "A new species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from southern Peru". Zootaxa. 4853 (3): 404–420. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4853.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056367. S2CID 222838469.
  2. ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Atelopus moropukaqumir". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. ^ "Descubren nueva especie de rana arlequín en bosque nublado de Ayacucho | PERÚ". Noticias ambientales (in Spanish). 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2021-12-08.