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Harlequin frog

(Atelopus limosus)

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Description

Atelopus limosus has two color forms.A lowland color form is brown with a yellow nose and fingertips,while the upland color form is green with black chevron markings on its back.Males and females of both color forms are sexually dimorphic.Males are smaller with white bellies speckled with black spots,while females tend to have red or orange bellies. Little is known of their diet in the wild,but it is presumably similar to that of other Atelopus species that forage on beetles,ants,flies,and mites.In captivity,the frogs readily accept large fruit flies,small meal-worm larvae,and small crickets

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Bufonidae
Genus:Atelopus
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