Atelopus hoogmoedi hoogmoedi

(Lescure, 1974)

Vernacular names
English : Hoogmoed’s stubfoot toad
French : Crapaud de Hoogmoed

Classification
Class : Amphibia
Order : Anura
Family : Bufonidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known (not always recognized)

Identification
Adults can grow to around 4 cm in length. Body is flattened and snout is elongated and triangular. This subspecies is black with intricate network of yellow lines forming reticulations on flanks, back and legs. Belly whitish-yellow.

Range and habitat
This subspecies occurs in most of the Guianas and adjacent north Brazil. The other subspecies is endemic to west Suriname. It lives in humid rainforests, never far from water, on leaf litter.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has yet to be assessed by itself. It was previously lumped with A. spumarius which is listed as Vulnerable because of chytridomycosis.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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