Rhaebo haematiticus Cope, 1862

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 : 13-14

Rhaebo haematiticus Cope, 1862

Syntypes: USNM 48448–49 .

Type locality: “Region of the Truando (Chocó), New Grenada ( Colombia).”

Distribution: Region 1. From eastern Honduras into southern Costa Rica throughout the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental and eastern versant of Cordillera Central of Colombia, also occuring in the Chocoan Region of northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela. In Venezuela, known from scattered localities within the Sierra de Perijá, the northernmost point of the Andes on the border with Colombia and Venezuela (Barrio-Amorós 2001; Rojas-Runjaic et al. 2007; Vieira-Fernandes et al. 2016). Another single record is from Cordillera de Mérida (Vieira-Fernandes et al. 2016). Apparently, R. haematiticus is likely a complex of cryptic species ( Mueses-Cisneros 2009). Venezuelan populations could be represented by an undescribed species ( Mueses-Cisneros 2009; Vieira-Fernandes et al. 2016).

Selected references: Barrio-Amorós (2001); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2007); Mueses-Cisneros (2009).