Atelopus

Belongs within: Bufonidae.

Atelopus, harlequin toads, is a Neotropical genus of small, typically brightly coloured toads.

<==Atelopus Duméril & Bibron 1841 [Atelopoda]FG06
    |  i. s.: A. minutusKF69
    |         A. tricolorFG06
    |--+--+--A. pulcherPW11
    |  |  `--A. seminiferusPW11
    |  `--+--A. spumariusPW11
    |     `--+--A. flavescensPW11
    |        `--A. franciscusPW11
    `--+--+--A. peruensisPW11
       |  `--+--A. halihelosPW11
       |     `--+--A. bomolochosPW11
       |        `--A. ignescensPW11
       `--+--A. longirostrisPW11
          `--+--A. spurrelliPW11
             `--+--A. chiriquiensisPW11
                `--+--A. zetekiPW11 [=A. varius zetekiUSDI77]
                   `--+--A. senexPW11
                      `--A. variusPW11
                           |--A. v. variusKF69
                           `--A. v. crucigerKF69

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[FG06] Frost, D. R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R. H. Bain, A. Haas, C. F. B. Haddad, R. O. de Sá, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S. C. Donnellan, C. J. Raxworthy, J. A. Campbell, B. L. Blotto, P. Moler, R. C. Drewes, R. A. Nussbaum, J. D. Lynch, D. M. Green & W. C. Wheeler. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370.

[KF69] Kluge, A. G., & J. S. Farris. 1969. Quantitative phyletics and the evolution of anurans. Systematic Zoology 18 (1): 1–32.

[PW11] Pyron, R. A., & J. J. Wiens. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 543–583.

[USDI77] United States Department of the Interior. 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420–36431.