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

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

Venegas, PJ, Catenazzi, A, Siu-Ting, K et al. (2008). Two new harlequin frogs (Anura: Atelopus) from the Andes of northern Peru . 44(3), 163-176.

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 Marañon 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 Marañon basin in 1999. © 2008 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkundee. V.(DGHT).