Aromobates orostoma (Rivero, 1978)
Colostethus orostoma Rivero, 1978 "1976", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 35: 337. Holotype: UPRM 4509, by original designation. Type locality: "Boca de Monte, Camino de Pregonero, 2615 m, Edo. Táchira, Venezuela".
Nephelobates orostoma — La Marca, 1994, Inst. Geograf. Fac. Cienc. Forestal., Univ. Los Andes, An. Invest., 1991: 40.
Aromobates orostoma — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 160.
English Names
Tachira Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Boca de Monte, Táchira, Venezuela), 2300-2800 m elevation.
Comment
Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Latino Am., 9: 8, reported on distribution and relevant literature. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Nephelobates orostoma) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 236. Barrio-Amorós and Santos, 2012, Zootaxa, 3422: 24, suggested that the type material of Colostethus orostoma requires additional examination to confirm its status.
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