Rhinella sclerocephala ( Mijares-Urrútia and Arends 2001 )

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 : 19

Rhinella sclerocephala ( Mijares-Urrútia and Arends 2001) *

Holotype: EBRG 3415 .

Type locality: “ 1.5 km (by road) from Curimagua to Cerro Galicia , municipio Petit , Sierra de San Luis, Estado Falcón, Venezuela (about 11°10’N, 69°41’W), about 1,150 m.”

Distribution: Region 2. Apparently endemic to the cloud forests at Sierra de San Luis, Falcón State. No additional specimens of this species have been collected in the last 25 or so years, according to material preserved in Venezuelan museums. Other than the series by Mijares-Urrútia and Arends (2001) no other specimens are known in the scientific collections examined.

Selected references: Mijares-Urrútia and Arends (2001).