Atelopus pinangoi Rivero, 1980

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 : 9

Atelopus pinangoi Rivero, 1980 *

Type: UPRM 5354 .

Type locality: “Piñango, 2,920 m, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Surroundings of the type locality.

Remarks: Last seen in situ in 1997 (Barrio-Amorós 2013). García-Pérez et al. (2013) reported finding a postmetamorph at the type locality in December 2008, but several searches (2010–2013) found no additional individuals.

Selected references: Rivero (1980); La Marca et al. (1989); Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (1995, 1999); Lötters (1996); La Marca and Lötters (1997); Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2013); Rueda-Almonacid et al. (2005); García-Pérez et al. (2013).