Aromobates ornatissimus Barrio-Amorós, Rivero and Santos, 2011

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

Aromobates ornatissimus Barrio-Amorós, Rivero and Santos, 2011 *

Holotype: EBRG 5292

Type locality: Las Palmas, Municipio Carache, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela, 09°41’47’’N, 70°08’24’’W (9.6964 N–70.1400 W); elevation 2,350 m

Distribution: Region 1. Apparently endemic from type locality and surroundings.

Remarks: In the phylogenies recovered by Grant et al. (2006; as Nephelobates sp. 1321 and ULABG 4445) and Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012) this species appears as the sister taxon of all other Aromobates .

Selected references: Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011a); Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012).