Anomaloglossus rufulus (Gorzula 1990)

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 37-38

Anomaloglossus rufulus (Gorzula 1990) *

Holotype: MHNLS 10361 .

Type locality: “Porción central de Murey Tepui en el Macizo de Chimantá ( CHIMANTA XVIII) 05°22’N- 62°05’W. 2,600 m, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela .”

Distribution: Region 5. Endemic to Chimantá, a tepui in Bolívar State.

Remarks: Described originally as Dendrobates rufulus , its the generic allocation changed to Epipedobates ( Walsh 1994; Myers 1997) and Allobates ( Jungfer and Böhme 2004) until Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2011) allocated it to its current genus based on the presence of an MLP and (unpub.) genetic data.

Selected references: Gorzula (1988, 1992); Walsh (1994); Myers (1997); Barrio and Fuentes (1999a, 2012); Barrio-Amorós (2001c); Barrio-Amorós and Santos (2011); Señaris et al. (2014).