Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation Author Barrio-Amorós, César L. Fundación AndígenA, Apartado Postal 210, Mérida, VENEZUELA & Current address: Doc Frog Expeditions, Uvita de Osa, COSTA RICA cesarlba@yahoo.com Author Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Apartado Postal 1930, Caracas 1010 - A, VENEZUELA & Current address: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Río Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619 - 900, BRAZIL rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com Author Señaris, J. Celsa Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Altos de Pipe, apartado 20632, Caracas 1020, VENEZUELA celsisenaris@gmail.com text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2019 e 180 2019-07-14 13 1 1 198 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11404264 1525-9153 11404264 Gastrotheca yacambuensis Yústiz, 1976 * Holotype : MBUCO 6015 . Type locality: “ Quebrada El Cedral, Parque Nacional Yacambú, ladera Sur de Sierra Portuguesa, Estado Lara , Venezuela , 1,700 m .” Distribution: Region 1. Parque Nacional Yacambú, Lara State , and probably all Cordillera de Mérida in the Venezuelan Andes. Remarks: Duellman (1989b) synonymized Gastrotheca yacambuensis with G. nicefori without providing any argument. Barrio-Amorós (1998, 2004, 2013) and Barrio-Amorós et al. (2009) did not follow the synonymy, waiting for additional evidence. Duellman (2015) compared overall external similarities among names he synonymized ( Duellman 1989b ) to support his previous statement. Castroviejo et al. (2015) showed that topotypical specimens of G. nicefori are significantly different genetically from specimens from the Venezuelan Andes; so, G. yacambuensis could be the name for populations previously referred to G. nicefori in the Venezuelan Andes. The current authors consider G. yacambuensis as a valid species, at least for central Andean populations, while awaiting a comprehensive review of the Andean populations of Gastrotheca nicefori . Selected references: Yústiz (1976a ,b, 1996); Duellman (1989b) ; Castroviejo et al. (2015).