Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1903

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 : 9

Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1903 *

Lectotype: BM 1947.2.14. 66. designated by Rivero (1972).

Type locality (of the lectotype): Río Albarregas , La Culata, Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela (elevation 3,330 m) .

Distribution: Region 1. Sierra de la Culata, Mérida State.

Remarks: Apparently extinct, and not seen alive since 1994 (Lötters and La Marca 1997).

Selected references: Boulenger (1903); Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1963b, 1964d, 1972); La Marca et al. (1989); Durant (1993); Piñero and Durant (1993); La Marca (1994, 1992, 1995a,c); Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (1995, 1999); Lötters (1996); La Marca and Lötters (1997); Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2013); Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005).