Colostethus idiomelus Rivero, 1991, Breviora, 493: 10. Holotype: MCZ 100260, by original designation. Type locality: "Venceremos, 394-395 km, on Marginal de la Selva Road, 1,620 m, Departamento de San Martín, Perú".
Hyloxalus idiomelus — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 168. I
Rivero's Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 48).
Elevations of 1620-2840 m in humid montane forest in the northern part of the Cordillera Central of northern Peru.
Duellman, 2004, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 35: 23-24, provided an account.
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