A new species of Atelopus from the lower Pacific slopes of northern Ecuador and southern Colombia is distinguished from its congeners by the shape of the snout, skin texture, coloration, and lack of a distinct pattern. Some specimens of the new species previously have been confused with Atelopus longirostris.
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David C. Cannatella (1981) studied this question.