Minyobates steyermarki (Rivero, 1971)
Dendrobates steyermarki Rivero, 1971, Kasmera, 3: 390. Holotype: UPRM 3399, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Yapacana, 1.200 m., Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela".
Minyobates steyermarki — Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 304.
Dendrobates steyermarki — Jungfer, Lötters, and Jörgens, 2000, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 22: 11. by implication.
English Names
Demonic Poison Frog (Walls, 1994, Jewels of the Rainforest: 26; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 51).
Demonic Poison-arrow Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 50).
Distribution
Cerro Yapacana, 600-1200 m elevation, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Comment
See account (as Dendrobates steyermarki) by Silverstone, 1975, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 21: 36. See comment on distribution by Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 27 (as Minyobates steyermarki). Lötters, Jungfer, Henkel, and Schmidt, 2007, Poison Frogs: 439-440, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Dendrobates speciosus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 230.
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