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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.11404264
1525-9153
11404264
Mannophryne neblina
(
Test 1956
)
*
Holotype
:
UMMZ 113001
.
Type locality:
“Portachuelo Pass, Rancho Grande, Estado
Aragua
,
Venezuela
.”
Distribution:
Region 2. Known only from
type
locality and surroundings, 900–
1,100 m
asl.
Remarks
: Despite numerous searches in the
type
locality and surroundings during recent decades, no other specimens have been found since its description. At least a local extinction is presumed.
Lotzkat (2007)
apparently found
M. neblina
at Macizo de Nirgua (
Yaracuy State
). However, vouchers are not mentioned and the specimens were identified by J. Manzanilla by checking photos. Considered as Critically Endangered (CR) by the current Venezuelan Red Book (La Marca 2015b).
Selected references:
Ginés (1959)
;
Rivero (1961
,
1964a
,
1988
); La Marca (1991c “1994,” 1994a, 1995b, 2015b);
Myers et al. (1991)
;
Manzanilla et al. (1995)
;
Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (2008)
;
Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010b)
.