Atelopus farci

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=Atelopus farci |volume=2017 |page=e.T54510A49535647 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T54510A49535647.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Atelopus farci

| authority = Lynch, 1993

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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 {{convert|2100|m|abbr=on}} 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. The species was named after the Colombian rebel group FARC in recognition of the fact that their activities had the indirect effect of providing protection for the animal's habitat and not, as the author makes clear, for the group's political agenda.

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Atelopus/Atelopus-farci |title=Atelopus farci Lynch, 1993 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=1 August 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/bufonidae/atelopus-farci/ |title=Atelopus farci Lynch, 1993 |author1=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |author2=D. Cuentas |year=2016 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |accessdate=1 August 2016}}

{{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=J. D.|title=A new harlequin frog from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia (Anura: Bufonidae: Atelopus) |journal=Alytes |date=1993 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=77–87 }}

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Category:Amphibians of the Andes

Category:Amphibians of Colombia

Category:Endemic fauna of Colombia

Category:Amphibians described in 1993

Category:Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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