Rediscovery of the Endangered Carchi Andean Toad, Rhaebo colomai (Hoogmoed, 1985), in Ecuador, with comments on its conservation status and extinction risk
Carolina Reyes-Puig,
Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva,
María Torres-Sánchez,
Mark Wilkinson,
Jeffrey W. Streicher,
Simon T. Maddock,
Ramachandran Kotharambath,
Hendrik Müller,
Francesca Nicole Angiolani Larrea,
Diego Almeida-Reinoso,
Santiago R. Ron,
Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia
Affiliations
Carolina Reyes-Puig
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva
The Natural History Museum
María Torres-Sánchez
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Mark Wilkinson
Natural History Museum
Jeffrey W. Streicher
Natural History Museum
Simon T. Maddock
Natural History Museum, University of Wolverhampton, School of Sciences
Ramachandran Kotharambath
Central University of Kerala
Hendrik Müller
Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Francesca Nicole Angiolani Larrea
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Diego Almeida-Reinoso
Programa de Cría de Insectos en Granja
Santiago R. Ron
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Quito, Ecuador.
Since 1984 there have been no records of Rhaebo colomai (Hoogmoed, 1985) within the territory of Ecuador. This species was known from 2 localities in the province of Carchi, northwestern Ecuador, and the department of Nariño, southwestern Colombia, which were reported in 1979 and 2015, respectively. We report the recent sightings of R. colomai at 3 new localities in Ecuador and discuss and evaluate this species’ extinction risk and conservation status.
