Aromobates Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991

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 : 39-40

Genus Aromobates Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991

Type species: Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo and Daly, 1991 by original designation.

Remarks: Aromobates was known from a single species, A. nocturnus until Grant et al. (2006) moved species in the Colostethus alboguttatus group (sensu Rivero 1988) and Nephelobates (sensu La Marca 1994) to Aromobates , increasing the number to the current 18 species. The current authors recover A. inflexus from synonymy (see below in its own account). More species await description from the Venezuelan Andes and beyond. Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012) provided a phylogeny and a list with current threats for all species of the genus (except A. inflexus ).

Selected References: Myers et al. (1991); La Marca (1994); Grant et al. (2006, 2017); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011); Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012); Barrio-Amorós (2016).