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Atelopus farci

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Atelopus

Higher classification
  
Atelopus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Bufonidae

Scientific name
  
Atelopus farci

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Species

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Atelopus farci, the forest stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from its type locality, Granjas del Padre Luna, in Albán, Cundinamarca, on the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental at about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it lives in streams.

The only known population has undergone a dramatic decline. Once abundant, surveys in 2002–2003 recovered only one tadpole. The species is threatened by both chytridiomycosis and habitat loss.

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Atelopus farci Wikipedia