Mannophryne cordilleriana La Marca, 1994 *

Holotype: ULABG 763.

Type locality: “ Presa Hidráulica Jose Antonio Páez, 1,600 m, near La Mitusús on road Santo Domingo-Barinas, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Once believed to only inhabit the type locality and its surroundings, recent evidence (Barrio-Amorós et al. 2010b) shows that it is widespread along the Eastern versant of the Cordillera de Mérida in states Mérida and Barinas (Barrio-Amorós 2010), 200 to at least 1,950 m asl, and still quite abundant.

Remarks: This is the vicariant species of Mannophryne orellana from Táchira state (J.C. Santos and CBA, unpub. data).

Selected references: La Marca (1994a, 1995b); Barrio-Amorós (2010a); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010b).