Atelopus Longibrachius
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''Atelopus longibrachius'', the El Tambo stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is 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 ...
and known from the region of its
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, El Tambo, Cauca, as well as from Chocó, both on the western flanks of Cordillera Occidental. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests where it lives on the ground. Breeding is assumed to take place in streams. It is potentially threatened by chytridiomycosis and habitat loss.


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longibrachius Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Amphibians described in 1963 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bufonidae-stub