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
Atelopus chrysocorallus
La Marca, 1994
*
Holotype
:
ULABG 1814
.
Type locality:
Venezuela
: Estado
Trujillo
: Distrito Boconó:
La Aguada
, a stream flowing to
Quebrada El Molino
(a tributary of
río Burate
), nearly 2.
5 km
South of Niquitao
,
2,200 m
.
Distribution:
Region 1. Known only from
type
locality.
Remarks:
García-Pérez et al. (2013)
reported several hundred tadpoles in creeks in the
type
locality between
September 2010
and
November 2011
, but found no adult specimens. A visit to the
type
locality in
January 2016
by FRR also failed to detect any adult individuals.
Selected references:
La Marca (1994d)
;
La Marca and Lötters (1997)
; Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2013); Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005);
García-Pérez et al. (2013)
.