Centrolene venezuelensis (Rivero 1968) *

Holotype: MCZ 77503.

Type locality: “ Valle de la Culata, bosque a 2,700 m, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Occurrs throughout the Venezuelan Andes, from Táchira to Mérida States, and in the Sierra de Perijá (Zulia State), 2,100 –3,050 m asl. Centrolene venezuelensis is speculated to occur in Colombia, yet has not been documented.

Remarks: Myers and Donnelly (1997) elevated Centrolene buckleyi venezuelensis to species level, as C. venezuelense, without explanation. This decision was supported by Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005). Guayasamin et al. (2009) validated this species elevation.

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1963b, 1964a, 1968b); Péfaur and Díaz De Pascual (1982); Gremone et al. (1986); La Marca (1991b “1994,” 1996c); Ruíz-Carranza and Lynch (1991); Ayarzagüena (1992); Myers and Donnelly (1997); Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2005); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2012).