Description
English: Variable harlequin frog
Date 11 March 2014, 17:08:05
Author Brian.gratwicke
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atelopus_varius_1.jpg

The Costa Rican Variable Harlequin Toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a neo-tropical true toad from the family Bufonidae. Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama, A. varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003) and has only relict populations in western Panama (IUCN). A. zeteki has been considered a subspecies of A. varius, but is now generally considered a separate species. Order: Anura, Family: Bufonidae.