The Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama. Atelopus varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003) and is presumed to be extinct in Panama (IUCN). Recent variation in air temperature, precipitation, stream flow patterns, and the subsequent spread of a pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) linked to global climate change have been the leading cause of decline for Atelopus varius. Atelopus zeteki has been considered a subspecies of Atelopus varius, but is now generally considered a separate species.
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| - The Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama. Atelopus varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003) and is presumed to be extinct in Panama (IUCN). Recent variation in air temperature, precipitation, stream flow patterns, and the subsequent spread of a pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) linked to global climate change have been the leading cause of decline for Atelopus varius. Atelopus zeteki has been considered a subspecies of Atelopus varius, but is now generally considered a separate species.
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| - The Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama. Atelopus varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003) and is presumed to be extinct in Panama (IUCN). Recent variation in air temperature, precipitation, stream flow patterns, and the subsequent spread of a pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) linked to global climate change have been the leading cause of decline for Atelopus varius. Atelopus zeteki has been considered a subspecies of Atelopus varius, but is now generally considered a separate species.
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