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 Dendrobates leucomelas Steindachner, 1864 Holotype : NHMW 19188 . Type locality: “ Colombia .” Distribution: Regions 4, 5. Widespread south of the Orinoco (see map in Barrio and Fuentes (1999) , Lötters et al. (2007), and Molina-Rodríguez and Kahn (2016)) . Much more common in Venezuela south of the Orinoco (in Amazonas , Bolívar , and Delta Amacuro States), also present but scattered in southeastern Colombia , northern Brazil , and western Guyana . Remarks : Different morphs recognized, but so far, not of taxonomic importance. The “sapito minero” has a key importance in some ethnic mythologies like the Ye’kwana ( Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carías 2008 ). Selected references: Steindachner (1864) ; Ginés (1959) ; Rivero (1961 , 1964b ,d, 1967a); Heatwole et al. (1965) ; Silverstone (1975) ; Paolillo (1977) ; Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979) ; Gremone et al. (1986) ; Rivero et al. (1986) ; Walsh (1994) ; Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (1995) ; Duellman (1997) ; Fuentes and Rodríguez-Acosta (1997) ; Barrio and Fuentes (1998 , 1999a); Gorzula and Señaris (1998) ; Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2004 “2002”); Grant et al. (2006) ; Lötters et al. (2007); Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carías (2008) ; Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b) ; Señaris et al. (2014) ; Molina-Rodríguez and Kahn (2016) .