Aromobates saltuensis ( Rivero 1978 )

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 : 42-43

Aromobates saltuensis ( Rivero 1978) *

Holotype: UPRM 5147 .

Type locality: “ de la Fría a Michelena, Edo. Táchira, Venezuela, 830 m. ”

Distribution: Region 1. The species is known from the southwestern extreme of the Cordillera de Mérida and northeastern Cordillera Oriental de Colombia in its Venezuelan side. Mentioned from Colombia by Grant et al. (2006) and Anganoy-Criollo (2012) from Departamentos of Norte de Santander, Boyacá and Cesar, respectively.

Remarks: Redescribed by Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012). Data presented by Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012) show Colombian populations are more closely related with Aromobates cannatellai than with A. saltuensis , or could represent new species. See Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012) for detailed account of the Colombian records of A. cf. saltuensis .

Selected references: Rivero (1978, 1988); Péfaur (1985); Myers et al. (1991); Grant et al. (2006, 2017); Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2012).