Oreophrynella nigra Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994

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 : 13

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scientific name	Oreophrynella nigra Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994
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Oreophrynella nigra Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994 View in CoL

Holotype: MHNLS 10583 View Materials .

Type locality: Kukenan-tepui I, Bolívar State, Venezuela (9°51’N, 60°48’W), 2,500 m asl GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Region 5. Endemic to Kukenan and Yuruaní Tepuis in Bolívar State.

Remarks: Kok et al. (2012) implied that O. nigra could be a synonym of O. quelchii due to the low genetic divergence between these forms. However, inhabiting different tepuis means reproductive isolation (allopatry), and having a different color pattern could be sufficient reason at the moment to maintain it as a valid species.

Selected references: McDiarmid and Gorzula (1989); Solano (1989); Señaris et al. (1994, 2014); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); McDiarmid and Donnelly (2005).

References

Ayarzaguena J, Senaris JC. 1994. Dos nuevas especies de Hyla (Anura, Hylidae) para las cumbres tepuyanas del estado Amazonas, Venezuela. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 53: 127 - 146.

Gorzula S, Senaris JC. 1998. Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I. A data base. Scientia Guaianae 8: 1 - 267.

Kok PJR, MacCulloch RD, Means DB, Roelants K, Van Bocxlaer I, Bossuyt F. 2012. Low genetic diversity in tepui summit vertebrates. Current Biology 22 (15): R 589 - R 590.

McDiarmid RW, Gorzula S. 1989. Aspects of the reproductive ecology of the Tepui Toads, genus Oreophrynella (Anura, Bufonidae). Copeia 1989: 445 - 451.

McDiarmid RW, Donnelly MA. 2005. The herpetofauna of the Guayana Highlands: amphibians and reptiles of the Lost World. Pp. 461 - 560. In: Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective. Editors, Donnelly MA, Crother BI, Guyer C, Wake MH, White ME. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 584 p.

Solano H. 1989. Aspectos de la biologia de Oreophrynella quelchii (Boulenger) en los tepuyes venezolanos. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 12: 55 - 63.