Biology:Atelopus moropukaqumir

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Atelopus moropukaqumir
Scientific classification edit
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

Wikidata ☰ Q99736376 entry