''Atelopus ebenoides'', the Huila stubfoot toad, a species of true toad, lives only in

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 ...

. A southern population lives in the southern Colombian

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

in the Cauca and

Huila Department Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila is a department that has a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants, of which 679,667 (60.54% ...

s. The northern population (called ''A. e. marinkellei'') may be a separate species and occurs only in the

Boyacá Department Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the moun ...

, in the Cordillera Oriental. The species' population has probably experienced a huge decline due to chytridiomycosis. The southern species has not been recorded since 1992, although no detailed searches have been attempted. The northern population was unrecorded from 1995, despite some searching, until it was spotted again in 2006.'Extinct' frog comes back to life
BBC, 19 May 2006, accessed May 21, 2006.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2707482 ebenoides Amphibians of Colombia Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians described in 1963