Atelopus chrysocorallus La Marca, 1994

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 : 7

Atelopus chrysocorallus La Marca, 1994 *

Holotype: ULABG 1814 .

Type locality: Venezuela: Estado Trujillo: Distrito Boconó: La Aguada, a stream flowing to Quebrada El Molino (a tributary of río Burate ), nearly 2. 5 km South of Niquitao, 2,200 m .

Distribution: Region 1. Known only from type locality.

Remarks: García-Pérez et al. (2013) reported several hundred tadpoles in creeks in the type locality between September 2010 and November 2011, but found no adult specimens. A visit to the type locality in January 2016 by FRR also failed to detect any adult individuals.

Selected references: La Marca (1994d); La Marca and Lötters (1997); Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2013); Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005); García-Pérez et al. (2013).