New Species of Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from the Península de Paria, Venezuela

We describe a new species of Colostethus from the Península de Paria in northeastern Venezuela. It inhabits the cloud forest of Cerro El Humo at an altitude of around 1000 m. By its morphology, the new species most closely resembles Colostethus bromelicola from the central Venezuelan Coastal Range....

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Published in:Journal of herpetology 2006-09, Vol.40 (3), p.371-377
Main Authors: Barrio-Amorós, César L, Rivas, Gilson, Kaiser, Hinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphibians
Anura
Biological taxonomies
Cloud forests
Coastal ranges
Colors
Colostethus
Dendrobatidae
Frogs
Herpetology
Holotypes
New species
Stripes
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Summary:We describe a new species of Colostethus from the Península de Paria in northeastern Venezuela. It inhabits the cloud forest of Cerro El Humo at an altitude of around 1000 m. By its morphology, the new species most closely resembles Colostethus bromelicola from the central Venezuelan Coastal Range. It can be confidently distinguished from other Colostethus by a suite of characters, including its dorsal pattern, absence of fringes on fingers, absence of a lingual process, and absence of yellow or orange chest coloration. This description increases to 33 the number of Colostethus species known from Venezuela.
ISSN:0022-1511
1937-2418
DOI:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[371:NSOCAD]2.0.CO;2