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 Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein and von Martens 1856) * Neotype : ZSM 93/1947/10 Type locality: Veragua, Panamá (error); corrected to the locality of the neotype : “vicinity of Rancho Grande on the road from Maracay to Ocumare de la Costa (ca. 1,000 m above sea level ), Estado Aragua , Venezuela ” ( Lötters and La Marca 2001 ) . Distribution: Region 2. Known from at least 30 historical localities in the Cordillera de la Costa, from Aragua , Carabobo , Cojedes , Miranda , Vargas , and Yaracuy States, as well as the Distrito Capital ( Manzanilla and La Marca 2004 ). Currently, considered extinct at all localities except for two populations in Aragua State ( Rodríguez-Contreras et al. 2008 ). A third surviving population was mentioned by Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (2008) ; its current status is unknown. Remarks: The nomenclatural history of the species was detailed by Lötters et al. (1998) and Lötters and La Marca (2001) . Lampo et al. (2011) provided data on the current status of populations. González et al. (2010) studied the diet in museum specimens. Atelopus cruciger is a species complex (JCS, FRR, and CBA, unpub. data). Selected references: Lichtenstein and von Martens (1856); Günther (1858) ; Lutz (1927) ; Müller (1935) ; Sexton (1958) ; Ginés (1959) ; Rohl (1959) ; Rivero (1961 , 1964a); Tello (1968) ; La Marca et al. (1989) ; Cocroft et al. (1990) ; La Marca (1992 , 1995a ,c); Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (1995 , 1999); Barrio (1996b) ; Lötters (1996) ; La Marca and Lötters (1997) ; Lötters et al. (1998 , 2004 ); Rivas (1998) ; Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2006c, 2013); Lötters and La Marca (2001) ; Bonaccorso et al. (2003); Manzanilla and La Marca (2004) ; Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005); Rodríguez-Contreras et al. (2008) ; Barrio-Amorós and Torres (2010) ; González et al. (2010) ; Lampo et al. (2011) .