Mannophryne cordilleriana 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 : 44

Mannophryne cordilleriana La Marca, 1994 *

Holotype: ULABG 763 .

Type locality: “ Presa Hidráulica Jose Antonio Páez, 1,600 m, near La Mitusús on road Santo Domingo-Barinas, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Once believed to only inhabit the type locality and its surroundings, recent evidence ( Barrio-Amorós et al. 2010b) shows that it is widespread along the Eastern versant of the Cordillera de Mérida in states Mérida and Barinas (Barrio-Amorós 2010), 200 to at least 1,950 m asl, and still quite abundant.

Remarks: This is the vicariant species of Mannophryne orellana from Táchira state (J.C. Santos and CBA, unpub. data).

Selected references: La Marca (1994a, 1995b); Barrio-Amorós (2010a); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010b).