Metaphryniscus sosai Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994
Metaphryniscus sosai Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994, Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 3: 23. Holotype: MHNLS 12347, by original designation. Type locality: "Tepuy Marahuaca-Sur, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela (3° 40 N - 65° 27 W). 2.600 m. s.n.m."
Metaphryniscus sosae — Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 10. Unjustified emendation according to Dubois, 2007, Zootaxa, 1550: 67.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality on Tepuy Marahuaca Sur, state of Amazonas, Venezuela.
Comment
See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 196.
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