Centrolene venezuelensis (Rivero 1968)

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 : 21

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11405019

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scientific name

Centrolene venezuelensis (Rivero 1968)
status

 

Centrolene venezuelensis (Rivero 1968) View in CoL *

Holotype: MCZ 77503 About MCZ .

Type locality: “ Valle de la Culata, bosque a 2,700 m, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Occurrs throughout the Venezuelan Andes, from Táchira to Mérida States, and in the Sierra de Perijá (Zulia State), 2,100 –3,050 m asl. Centrolene venezuelensis is speculated to occur in Colombia, yet has not been documented.

Remarks: Myers and Donnelly (1997) elevated Centrolene buckleyi venezuelensis to species level, as C. venezuelense , without explanation. This decision was supported by Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005). Guayasamin et al. (2009) validated this species elevation.

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1963b, 1964a, 1968b); Péfaur and Díaz De Pascual (1982); Gremone et al. (1986); La Marca (1991b “1994,” 1996c); Ruíz-Carranza and Lynch (1991); Ayarzagüena (1992); Myers and Donnelly (1997); Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Centrolenidae

Genus

Centrolene

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