Harlequin pattern
Its yellow-green dorsum is crossed by high-contrast dark blotches and lines.
Atelopus spurrelli
Condoto stubfoot toad
Sign language
Movements of its forelimbs are part of its complex visual communication system.
They walk instead of jumping
It tends to move with short steps along rocks and stream banks rather than with large leaps.
Skin bacteria
Its skin hosts bacteria that can slow the chytrid fungus, one of the threats linked to its decline.
Distribution
In Colombia it is distributed through Choco and sectors of western Valle del Cauca, Caldas, and Antioquia, between 40 and 500 m.