Aromobates meridensis (Dole and Durant, 1972)
Colostethus meridensis Dole and Durant, 1972, Caribb. J. Sci., 12: 191. Holotype: MBUCV 6168, by original designation. Noted as the specimen "D" in the jar of types by La Marca and Otero-López, 2012, Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 7: 55-74. Type locality: "'Chorotal', 15 km southeast of [La] Azulita, Mérida State, Venezuela", 1880 m elevation.
Nephelobates meridensis — La Marca, 1994, Inst. Geograf. Fac. Cienc. Forestal., Univ. Los Andes, An. Invest., 1991: 40.
Aromobates meridensis — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 160.
English Names
Merida Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Southwestern slopes of the Mérida Andes, in the vicinity of Chorotal, Venezuela, 1880-2400 m elevation.
Comment
The allocation of this species to the "black chest-bar" group by Edwards, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 30: 2, was based on misidentified specimens of Mannophryne collaris (J.A. Rivero in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 92). Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Latino Am., 9: 7, reported on distribution and relevant literature. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Nephelobates meridentis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 235. La Marca and Otero-López, 2012, Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 7: 55-74, discussed the types.
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