''Atelopus chocoensis'', the Chocó stubfoot toad, is a species of
toad in the family
Bufonidae endemic to
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
With the last individual being collected in 1998 it might already be extinct.
References
chocoensis
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Amphibians described in 1992
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fauna of the northwestern Andean montane forests
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