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Two new harlequin frogs (Anura: Atelopus) from the Andes of northern Peru

2008; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde; Volume: 44; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

0036-3375

Pablo J. Venegas, Alessandro Catenazzi, Karen Siu-Ting, Jorge Carrillo,

Mosquito-borne diseases and control

Two new species of Atelopus (harlequin frogs) are described from the Andes of northern Peru, one from the northern Cordillera de Huancabamba (Departamento de Piura), 2,950 m elevation, and the other from an inter-Andean valley of the upper Maranon basin, Cordillera Central (Departamento de La Libertad), 2,620 m elevation. We also suggest the possible link between infection by the chytrid fungus and mortality of harlequin frogs in the upper Maranon basin in 999.