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
Phyllomedusa neildi
Barrio-Amorós, 2006
*
Holotype
:
MBUCV 6684
.
Type locality:
“
Vicinity of Murucusa
, Municipio Petit (
11°02′N
,
69°35′W
),
550 m
asl
., spurs of
Sierra de San Luís
,
Estado
Falcón
,
Venezuela
.”
Distribution:
Region 2. NW
Venezuela
in
Falcón
and
Lara
States.
Remarks
:
Phyllomedusa neildi
appears as a sister species to
P. trinitatis
in
Faivovich et al. (2010)
, suggesting it could be conspecific, despite striking morphological differences in size and call structure (Barrio-Amorós 2006b). This can be due to a clinal variation or adaptation to xeric situations. However, direct comparison of continental and Trinidadian populations of
P. trinitatis
must be done (in progress by CBA and collaborators).
Selected references:
Barrio-Amorós (2006b, 2009b);
Faivovich et al. (2010)
.