Aromobates leopardalis (Rivero, 1978)
Colostethus leopardalis Rivero, 1978 "1976", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 35: 327. Holotype: UPRM 5157, by original designation. Type locality: "Mucubají, 3300 m, Edo. Mérida, Venezuela".
Nephelobates leopardalis — La Marca, 1994, Inst. Geograf. Fac. Cienc. Forestal., Univ. Los Andes, An. Invest., 1991: 40. Combination made in error (E. La Marca, personal commun.).
Aromobates leopardalis — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 160.
English Names
Leopard Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of Páramo de Mucubají, Sierra de Santo Domingon, Mérida (state), Venezuela, 2435-3300 m elevation.
Comment
Related to Aromobates alboguttatus (as Colostethus) according to the original publication. In the Colostethus alboguttatus group (Group VIII) of Rivero, 1990 "1988", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 48: 3-32, although not transferred to Nephelobates by La Marca, 1994, Inst. Geograf. Fac. Cienc. Forestal., Univ. Los Andes, An. Invest., 1991 (the appearance of the combination "N. leopardalis" on page 40, was in error, and the species is not listed in the formal diagnosis of Nephelobates in the same paper; E. LaMarca, personal commun.). Barrio-Amorós and Fuentes-Ramos, 1999, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 19: 2, considered this species to be a Colostethus (sensu lato). Previously, Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 17, suggested that this species might be associated with Mannophryne. 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 leopardalis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 224. Gross, 2009 "2008", Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 5: 9-20, provided evidence of the extinction of this species.
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