purple harlequin toad

Harlequin toad is a non-scientific name for any of several varieties of frog or toad, including the following:

• Atelopus, a genus of Central and South American toads in the family Bufonidae
• Harlequin poison frog (Oophaga histrionica), a species of South American poison dart toad in the family Dendrobatidae
• Harlequin tree frog (Rhacophorus pardalis), found in Southeast Asia and belongs to the family Rhacophoridae

Geographic range of purple harlequin toad

The historic range of A. varius stretched from the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of the Cordilleras de Tilaran mountain range in Costa Rica into western Panama.