Allobates humilis (Rivero, 1980)
Colostethus humilis Rivero, 1980 "1978", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 38: 105. Holotype: UPRM 3526, by original designation. Type locality: "Boconó (Laguneta artificial del Ministerio de Agricultura), Edo. Trujillo, Venezuela, 1470 m".
Allobates humilis — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 162.
English Names
Bocono Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 48).
Distribution
Reported from the type locality (Boconó, Trujillo) and Doradas, Táchira, Venezuela, in montane forest and cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Mérida Andes, 600-1800 m elevation.
Comment
Related to Allobates brunneus and Allobates marchesianus (both as Colostethus) according to the original publication. La Marca, 1992, Cuad. Geograf., Mérida, 9: 27, noted that the holotype is recently transformed and is difficult to evaluate. Not assigned to species group by Rivero, 1990 "1988", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 48: 3-32. La Marca, Vences, and Lötters, 2002, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ., 37: 233-240, redescribed the species and discussed its relationships. Barrio-Amorós and Garcia-Porta, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 380, provided the Táchira, Venezuela, record. Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Latino Am., 9: 7, reported on distribution and relevant literature. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Colostethus humilis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 223.
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