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
Otophryne steyermarki
Rivero, 1967
Holotype
:
FMNH 74031
.
Type locality:
“Forest along río Tirica…,
5,900 ft
, falls below summit camp, Chimantá tepui massif,
Venezuela
.”
Distribution:
Region 5. Known from three different tepuis in
Venezuela
: Chimantá, Roraima, and Jaua (
Bolívar State
), and Mount Ayanganna in
Guyana
.
Remarks:
Previously considered endemic of the Chimantá massif in the Venezuelan Guayana.
Barrio (1999f)
and Gorzula and
Señaris (1999)
reported additional localities in
Venezuela
, whereas MacCulloch et al. (2008) provided records from
Guyana
, suggesting a wider distribution. See redescription and data on morphological variation in MacCulloch et al. (2008).
Selected references:
Rivero (1967b)
;
Gorzula (1985b
, 1992);
Campbell and Clarke (1998)
;
Gorzula and Señaris (1998)
;
Barrio (1999f)
; MacCulloch et al. (2008);
Señaris et al. (2014)
.