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Atelopus spurrelli

Condoto stubfoot toad

Harlequin pattern

Its dark dorsum is edged by high-contrast lime-green blotches and lines.

Webbed feet

Its limbs are long and slender, with conspicuous interdigital webbing.

Humid riverbank

It lives in lowland and foothill rainforests, almost always near water.

Silent decline

Although it can be locally common, it has disappeared from several sites where chytridiomycosis has been reported.

Distribution

In Colombia it is distributed through Choco and sectors of western Valle del Cauca, Caldas, and Antioquia, between 40 and 500 m.