Aromobates duranti (Péfaur, 1985)
Colostethus duranti Péfaur, 1985, J. Herpetol., 19: 321. Holotype: CVULA IV-1608, by original designation. Type locality: "Páramo de La Culata, Distrito Libertador, Estado Mérida, Venezuela, 2880 m".
Nephelobates duranti — La Marca, 1997, Tropical Zool., 10: 133.
Aromobates duranti — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 160.
English Names
Durant's Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 48).
Distribution
Páramo and subpáramo in the vicinity of La Culata in the Venezuelan Andes, 2600-3000 m elevation.
Comment
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 Nephelobates duranti) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 234.
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