Mannophryne vulcano Barrio-Amorós, Santos, and Molina, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Dendrobatoidea > Family: Aromobatidae > Subfamily: Aromobatinae > Genus: Mannophryne > Species: Mannophryne vulcano

Mannophryne vulcano Barrio-Amorós, Santos, and Molina, 2010, Phyllomedusa, 9: 20. Holotype: CVULA 7170, by original designation. Type locality: "northern slope of Cerro El Volcán, Baruta, Estado Miranda, Venezuela (10° 25′ N, 66° 51′ W), elevation 1064 m".

English Names

Caracas Collared Frog (original publication).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (northern slope of Cerro El Volcán, Baruta, Estado Miranda, Venezuela, elevation 1064 m); expected to be all around the Carcas Valley, including the Parque Nacional Avila. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

Previously confused with Mannophryne herminae and Mannophryne trinitatis. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 48–50, for comments on range and literature.

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