Cayenne Stubfoot Toad
Atelopus flavescens Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Also calledAtélope Jaunâtre (fra) · Atélope de Guyane (fra) · Atélope de Guyane française (fra) · Atélope du Père Barbotin (fra) · Atélope jaunâtre (L') (fra) · Cayenne-Stummelfuß (deu) · Rosakehl-Stummelfuß (deu) · atelopus žlutavý (ces) · Жёлтый арлекин (rus)
First described in: Duméril, André M. C. & Gabriel Bibron. 1841. Erpétologie Génerale. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. Vol. 8.
The Cayenne stubfoot toad (Atelopus flavescens), known in French as atélope jaunâtre, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae found in northeastern French Guiana and in the adjacent Brazilian state Amapá. Its natural habitats are lowland primary forest where it is known from near fast-flowing, small streams. It is locally common. There are no major threats at present.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Paralectotypes: RMNH 2208, 2 spec. Loc.: “ Amérique méridional (…) sur les bords d’un ruisseau, dans une montagne près de Cayenne ” [French Guyana]. Ex: Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Received: 1844.
Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands
discussion
Remarks. The lectotype was designated by Lescure (1976: 478) and it is deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris (MNHNP 803). There are two paralectotypes in that same collection (MNHNP 256).
Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5216682.