Quito-They sighted to an amphibian that was thought extinct in the Napo province, located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. This species an Ikaim University student not seen since 150 years ago, but recently could Verloasi the academic Center through social networks reported it at the time of specifying that it is the species Atelopus supmarius, which was described in 1871.Se t rat of an amphibian considered in danger of extinction and surprised his location in remnants of forest in this Ecuadorian city, indicates the Ikiam.Forma University part of the genus Atelopus, whose members are commonly called frogs Harlequins and distributed by Amazonian forests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and the Guianas.
It is a terrestrial species that lives next to streams in areas of primary forest. Is threatened and on the “red list” of the International Union for the conservation of nature (IUCN) for the loss of their natural habitat, but it is also believed that chytridiomycosis – an infectious disease that affects amphibians – has been decimate their populations. The “red list” of endangered species of the IUCN is the most complete inventory of the conservation status of species of animals and plants around the world. This relationship is made by the leading world authority on the subject
Original source in Spanish
