{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Atelopus farci'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T54510A49535647 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T54510A49535647.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Atelopus farci | authority = Lynch, 1993<ref name="Lynch 1993"/> | synonyms = }}
'''''Atelopus farci''''', the '''forest stubfoot toad''', is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from its type locality, Granjas del Padre Luna, in Albán, Cundinamarca, on the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental at about {{convert|2100|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=Frost/><ref name=LAC/> Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it lives in streams.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
The only known population has undergone a dramatic decline. Once abundant, surveys in 2002–2003 recovered only one tadpole. The species is threatened by both chytridiomycosis and habitat loss.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /> The species was named after the Colombian rebel group FARC in recognition of the fact that their activities had the indirect effect of providing protection for the animal's habitat and not, as the author makes clear, for the group's political agenda.
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Atelopus/Atelopus-farci |title=''Atelopus farci'' Lynch, 1993 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=LAC>{{cite web |url=http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/bufonidae/atelopus-farci/ |title=''Atelopus farci'' Lynch, 1993 |author1=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |author2=D. Cuentas |year=2016 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Lynch 1993">{{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=J. D.|title=A new harlequin frog from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia (Anura: Bufonidae: ''Atelopus'') |journal=Alytes |date=1993 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=77–87 }}</ref> }}
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farci Category:Amphibians of the Andes Category:Endemic amphibians of Colombia Category:Amphibians described in 1993 Category:Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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