Atelopus nahumae

Atelopus nahumae (lat.) - species of toads of the genus Atelopus from the family Bufonidae .

Atelopus nahumae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes Kingdom: Animals Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Secondary Type of: Chordate Subtype : Vertebrates Infratype : Maxillary Overclass : Tetrapods Grade: Amphibians Subclass : Non-armored Infraclass : Batrachia Squadron : Bouncing Squad: Tailless Amphibians Suborder : Neobatrachia Superfamily : Hyloidea Family: Toads Gender: Atelope View: Atelopus nahumae
International scientific name
Atelopus nahumae Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994
Security status
Endangered species IUCN 3.1 Endangered : 54531

The species is endemic to Colombia , where it is found only in the department of Magdalena. It lives in a tropical mountain rainforest and in rivers in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains at an altitude of 1900 to 2800 meters above sea level ^[1] .

The species is on the verge of extinction due to a disease such as chytridiomycosis .