Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11404264

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11405263

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4608879F-FF87-FFB3-6E21-FAD1FC67FD3A

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scientific name

Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991
status

 

Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991 View in CoL *

Holotype: AMNH 130005 About AMNH .

Type locality: “ Cloud forest at 2,250 m elevation, about 2 km. Airline ESE Agua de Obispos, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela (9°42’N, 70°05’W).” GoogleMaps

Distribution: Region 1. Known only from type locality.

Remarks: Apparently highly endangered, not found in type locality since its original discovery. Several parties have failed to find the species (La Marca 2005; Barrio-Amorós et al. 2011). Considered as Critically Endangered (CR) by the current Venezuelan Red Book (La Marca 2015a) but could be extinct.

Selected references: Myers et al. (1991); Barrio and Fuentes (1999a); Barrio-Amorós (2001c, 2013, 2016); Grant et al. (2006); Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012); La Marca (2015a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Aromobatidae

Genus

Aromobates

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