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Atelopus varius, the Glossary

Atelopus varius, the Costa Rican variable harlequin toad or clown frog, is a small Neotropical true toad from the family Bufonidae.^[1]

30 relations: Amphibian, Aposematism, Arthropod, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Chytridiomycota, Climate change, Costa Rica, Critically Endangered, Cutaneous respiration, Decline in amphibian populations, Diurnality, Eduard von Martens, Extinction, Flesh fly, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Integument, Keratin, Lizard, Monteverde, Neotropical realm, Neurotoxin, Osmoregulation, Panama, Panamanian golden frog, Pathogen, Quepos, Subspecies, Terrestrial animal, Tetrodotoxin, True toad.
Amphibians described in 1856
Taxa named by Eduard von Martens

Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Aposematism

Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.

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Arthropod

Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.

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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, also known as Bd or the amphibian chytrid fungus, is a fungus that causes the disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians.

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Chytridiomycota

Chytridiomycota are a division of zoosporic organisms in the kingdom Fungi, informally known as chytrids.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.

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An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Cutaneous respiration

Cutaneous respiration, or cutaneous gas exchange (sometimes called, skin breathing), is a form of respiration in which gas exchange occurs across the skin or outer integument of an organism rather than gills or lungs.

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Decline in amphibian populations

Since the 1980s, decreases in amphibian populations, including population decline and localized mass extinctions, have been observed in locations all over the world.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.

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Eduard von Martens

Eduard von Martens (18 April 1831 – 14 August 1904) also known as Carl or Karl Eduard von Martens, was a German zoologist.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Flesh fly

Sarcophagidae are a family of flies commonly known as flesh flies.

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Hinrich Lichtenstein

Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein (10 January 1780 – 2 September 1857) was a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.

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Integument

In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Monteverde

Monteverde is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range).

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface.

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Neurotoxin

Neurotoxins are toxins that are destructive to nerve tissue (causing neurotoxicity).

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Osmoregulation

Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Panamanian golden frog

The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), also known as Cerro Campana stubfoot toad and other names, is a species of toad endemic to Panama. Atelopus varius and Panamanian golden frog are Atelopus.

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Pathogen

In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.

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Quepos

Quepos is a district of the canton of Quepos, in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and semiaquatic animals, which rely on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (e.g.

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Tetrodotoxin

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin.

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True toad

A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelopus_varius

Also known as Costa Rican variable harlequin toad.