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Prostherapis dunni Rivero, 1961

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Colostethus dunni Rivero, 1961

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1992 or before

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Venezuela

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Rivero, J. A. (1961). Salienta of Venezuela. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 126: 1-207.

 

Other references:

Barrio, C. L. (1998). Sistemática y biogeografía de los anfibios (Amphibia) de Venezuela. Acta Biológica Venezuélica 18(2): 1-93.

Barrio-Amorós, César L. et al. (2019). Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1) [Special Section]: 1-198 (e180).

Edwards, S. R. (1971). Taxonomic notes on South American Colostethus with descriptions of two new species (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84: 147-162.

La Marca, E. (2004). Systematic status of an enigmatic and possibly endangered dendrobatid frog (Colostethus dunni) from the valley of Caracas, northern Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 1: 19-28.

Manzanilla, J. y La Marca, E. (2004). Population status of the Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog (Atelopus cruciger) Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856, a proposed critically endangered species from the Venezuelan Coastal Range. Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales 62(157): 5-29.

Enrique La Marca, Jesús Manzanilla, Celsa Señaris. (2006). Prostherapis dunni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.

Myers, C. W., Paolillo O, A. y Daly, J. W. (1991). Discovery of a defensively malodorous and nocturnal frog in the family Dendrobatidae: phylogenetic significance of a new genus and species from the Venezuelan Andes. American Museum Novitates 3002: 1-33.

Rojas-Runjaic, F. J. M. y Señaris, J. C. (2015). Sapito niñera de Dunn, Prostherapis dunni. En: J.P. Rodríguez, A. García-Rawlins y F. Rojas-Suárez (eds.) Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Cuarta edición. Provita y Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela. Recuperado de: animalesamenazados.provita.org.ve/content/sapito-ninera-de-dunn Mié, 12/10/2016 - 04:48

Solano, H. (1968). Anfibios comunes del Valle de Caracas. Estudio de Caracas. Ecología Vegetal y Fauna. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Ediciones de la Biblioteca. Caracas. 1: 259-294.

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