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
Amazophrynella minuta
(
Melin 1941
)
Holotype
:
BM 1968
.940.
Type locality:
Taracuá, Uaupés,
Brazil
.
Distribution:
Widely dispersed in Amazonia occurring in
Brazil
,
Ecuador
,
Colombia
,
Bolivia
, the Guianas, and
Peru
. In
Venezuela
, known only from near Raudal de Danto, Cuao River,
Amazonas State
(Rojas-Runjaic et al. 2013).
Remarks:
Amazophrynella minuta
is an abundant terrestrial species of the forest floor leaf litter throughout its distribution. In
Venezuela
it is very rare. Only
one specimen
found in many years of monitoring amphibians in
Amazonas State
(Rojas-Runjaic et al. 2013).
Fouquet et al. (2012a)
suggested a different species of the
A. minuta
complex may exist in the Guianas and, thus, populations currently considered to belong to species
A. minuta
need to be better defined to delineate specification. Rojas et al. (2016) further examined the
A. minuta
complex.
Selected references:
Fouquet et al. (2012a
,b); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2013);
Rojas et al. (2014)
.