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Atelopus varius
Harlequin Frog
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Photographer: Richard D. Sage
Collection: AmphibiaWeb
ID: 0000 0000 0711 1204 (2011-07-14)Copyright © 2011 Richard Sage
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Jan 25, 1969
location
along trail on the crest of the Cordillera, approx. 3 km W of Monteverde (Alajuela Province, Costa Rica)family
Bufonidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
notes This pictures shows two females of this species, and the great amount of color pattern variation that existed in this population. Unfortunately, in the 1980s this population became extinct. This occurred during the same time that the toad Bufo pareglenes and many other frog species in this area also disappeared. The current hypothesis is that these frogs were killed off by a non-native fungus that invaded the area, and which is implicated in the die-off and extinctions of frog species in many parts of the world. See my pictures of Bufo paraglenes on the AmphibiaWeb for another of the species that went extinct at this same time and place. These two specimens are probably in the collection of the Texas Memorial Natural History Museum in Austin, Texas.camera Canon QL/FT & 90 mm Vivitar macro lens
photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Harlequin Frog, Clown Frog (AW )
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