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
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journal article
298067
10.5281/zenodo.11404264
7eabb3cb-039d-4906-b7a4-6de4d0d47294
1525-9153
11404264
Vitreorana helenae
(Ayarzagüena 1992)
Holotype
:
MHNLS 9431
.
Type locality:
“Quebrada Jaspe, San Ignacio de Yuruaní, Edo.
Bolívar
.
Venezuela
.”
Distribution:
Region 5.
Venezuela
and
Guyana
. In
Venezuela
the species is known from several localities in the Gran Sabana Region.
Remarks
: Señaris (1997) reported
Cochranella oyampiensis
from Salto Karuay, a locality in the Gran Sabana Region,
Bolívar State
.
Kok and Castroviejo-Fisher (2008)
demonstrated that those specimens correspond to
Vitreorana helenae
. Purported differences between both taxa listed by Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005) were interpreted as intraspecific variation.
Selected references:
Ayarzagüena (1992);
Duellman (1993)
; Señaris (1997); Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005);
Kok and Castroviejo-Fisher (2008)
;
Kok and Kalamandeen (2008)
;
Guayasamín et al. (2009)
;
Señaris et al. (2014)
.