Description of a new Allobates (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from the eastern Andean piedmont, Venezuela

Authors

  • César Luis Barrio-Amorós Fundación AndígenA
  • Juan Carlos Santos University of Texas at Austin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v8i2p89-104

Keywords:

Anura, Dendrobatidae, Allobates, new species, Venezuela, Colombia

Abstract

We describe a new nurse frog in the genus Allobates (Dendrobatidae) from Río Negro, Municipio Córdoba, Estado Táchira, in western Venezuela. This species is a leaflitter inhabitant of primary and secondary lowland rainforest at altitudes from 400 to 1000 m. The new species is similar to the species in the Allobates marchesianus group and is restricted to the slopes of the western Venezuelan Andes. It differs from its congeners by having an irregularly spotted dorsal pattern, diffuse oblique lateral stripe, ventrolateral stripe and yellowish belly on males.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Barrio-Amorós, C. L., & Santos, J. C. (2009). Description of a new Allobates (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from the eastern Andean piedmont, Venezuela. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 8(2), 89-104. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v8i2p89-104