Mannophryne riveroi (Donoso-Barros, 1965)
Prestherapis riveroi Donoso-Barros, 1965, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Santiago, 102: 2. Holotype: IZUC (formerly RDB 307), according to Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 94. Type locality: "Venezuela . . . . de las altas montanas de Paria"; stated to be "Cerro Azul, Macuro", Estado Sucre, Venezuela, by Donoso-Barros, 1965 "1964", Caribb. J. Sci., 4: 485.
Prostherapis riveroi — Donoso-Barros, 1965 "1964", Caribb. J. Sci., 4: 485.
Colostethus riveroi — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148.
Mannophryne riveroi — La Marca, 1992, Cuad. Geograf., Mérida, 9: 32. La Marca, 1994, Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 4: 46.
English Names
Rivero's Poison Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 50).
Distribution
Cerro Azul on the Península de Paria, Sucre, Venezuela, 400-1000 m.
Comment
Description amplified by Donoso-Barros, 1965 "1964", Caribb. J. Sci., 4: 485. Myers, Paolillo-O., and Daly, 1991, Am. Mus. Novit., 3002: 32-33, discussed the description and publication date, as did La Marca, 1992, Cuad. Geograf., Mérida, 9: 29-30. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 232.
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