1. New records and distribution extensions of centrolenid frogs for Venezuela
- Author
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Pedro Cabello, Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic, and Edwin E. Infante-Rivero
- Subjects
Ecology ,biology ,business.industry ,QH301-705.5 ,Distribution (economics) ,biology.organism_classification ,Hyalinobatrachium pallidum ,Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi ,Centrolene venezuelense ,Geography ,Environmental protection ,Centrolene notostictum ,Biology (General) ,business ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Espadarana andina - Abstract
We report the first record of Centrolene notostictum for Venezuela, the first records of Centrolene venezuelense and Hyalinobatrachium pallidum for Zulia state, and extend the distribution of Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi and Espadarana andina based on specimens coming from the eastern versant of the Sierra de Perijá in northwestern Venezuela. The altitudinal ranges of all species are extended, and comments and notes on natural history provided.
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- 2012