ANI110-00006
A critically endangered Jambato toad (Atelopus ignescens) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Angamarca in the Cotopaxi Province of Ecuador. This species used to be very common during the early 1980s but it was not seen for 28 years in the wild (between 1988 and 2016). However, one more wild population was found in 2016. A wild pair laid a clutch of eggs (about 600) in captivity in 2017, and nearly 200 juveniles are successfully growing and reaching adulthood at the time this photo was taken (in January 2019) at Centro Jambatu. This species could have been negatively affected by a global warming and also possible pathogens.
Keywords
- amphibians
- Angamarca
- Atelopus ignescens
- black background
- captivity
- Centro Jambatu
- Centro Jambatu de Investigacion y Conservacion de Anfibios
- Cotopaxi Province
- critically endangered species
- ecuador
- full length
- Jambato toad
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- quito
- Quito stubfoot toad
- rare
- side view
- studio shot
- toads
This photo © Joel Sartore 2023. Image usage guidelines
This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
