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 Aromobates meridensis ( Dole and Durant 1972 ) * Holotype : MBUCV 6168 . Type locality: “ Chorotal, 15 km . al SE de La Azulita , 1,880 m , Estado Mérida , Venezuela .” Distribution: Region 1. Southwestern Sierra de la Culata, Mérida , 1,800 to 3,300 m asl. Recently reported along the way from Mérida to El Morro (Image 74B). Remarks : This species has received some attention (Barrio-Amorós et al. 2010; La Marca and Otero 2012). The first authors reported a surviving population of around 56 to 129 adults in 2006, and redescribed the species from topotypic material. That population had a high presence of fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Lampo et al. 2008; Barrio-Amorós and Lampo 2009). La Marca and Otero (2012) also redescribed the species based on the holotype and clarified the confusion regarding the catalog data of the type series and commented on its conservation status. Selected references: Dole and Durant (1972) ; Rivero (1988) ; La Marca (1991a “1994”); Myers et al. (1991) ; Mijares and La Marca (1997); Barrio-Amorós (2001c) ; Lampo et al. (2008); Barrio-Amorós and Lampo (2009); Barrio-Amorós et al. ( 2010g ) ; Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012) ; La Marca and Otero (2012).