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
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Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
2019
e 180
2019-07-14
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.11404264
1525-9153
11404264
Dendropsophus battersbyi
(
Rivero 1961
)
*
Holotype
:
BM 53
.2.4.165.
Type locality:
Caracas,
Venezuela
.
Distribution:
Region 2. Only known from type locality.
Remarks:
Not collected since original description. If this is a valid species, it possibly disappeared from the Valley of Caracas due to quick expansion of the city. Mijares-Urrutia (1998) mentioned this species is apparently related to
Dendropsophus amicorum
and
D. minutus
(
sensu lato
).
Faivovich et al. (2005)
did not assign it to any species group.A thorough examination of
holotype
by CBA leades authors to believe
Dendropsophus battersbyi
is a valid species and a member of the
D. minutus
species group (
sensu
Gehara et al. 2014
); alternatively, it could be conspecific with populations of
D.
aff.
minutus
from around Caracas that deserve further attention. A detailed revision of the species/populations of
Dendropsophus minutus
species group in the Venezuelan Andes and the
Cordillera
de La Costa is required to clarify the taxonomic status of this and close species.
Selected references:
Rivero (1961
,
1964a
); Mijares-Urrútia (1998);
Faivovich et al. (2005)
;
Barrio-Amorós and Torres (2010)
; Barrio-Amorós (2013).