Minyobates steyermarki (Rivero 1971)

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 : 51

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scientific name	Minyobates steyermarki (Rivero 1971)
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Holotype: UPR-M 3399.

Type locality: “ Cerro Yapacana, 1,200 m Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 5. Endemic to Yapacana, a tepui in Amazonas State.

Remarks: See considerations about conservation in Barrio-Amorós and Fuentes (1999a), Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (2009), Barrio-Amorós and Torres (2010), and La Marca (2016).Accounts on morphology and natural history by Lotters et al. (2007) and La Marca (2016).

Selected references: Rivero (1971c); Silverstone (1975); Gremone et al. (1986); Myers (1987); Walsh (1994); Rodríguez and Rojas-Suárez (1995); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio and Fuentes (1999a); Vences et al. (2000, 2003); Grant et al. (2006); Lötters et al. (2007); Barrio-Amorós and Torres (2010); Barrio-Amorós (2016); La Marca (2016).

References

Barrio-Amoros CL, Torres D. 2010. Conservation priorities for the most threatened amphibians in Venezuela, a preliminary approach. Revista de Ecologia Latinoamericana 15: 21 - 31.

Barrio-Amoros CL. 2016. An overview of the Dendrobatid frogs of Venezuela. Herp Nation 20: 74 - 85.

Gorzula S, Senaris JC. 1998. Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I. A data base. Scientia Guaianae 8: 1 - 267.

Grant T, Frost DR, Caldwell JP, Gagliardo R, Haddad CFB, Celio FB, Kok PJR, Means D B, Noonan BP, Schargel WE, et al. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Anura, Athesphatanura, Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1 - 262.

Gremone C, Cervigon F, Gorzula S, Medina G, Novoa D. 1986. Fauna de Venezuela, Vertebrados. Editorial Biosfera, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. 269 p.

La Marca E. 2016. Yapacana's little red frog, Minyobates steyermarki (Rivero, 1971). Pp. 387 - 392 In: Aposematic Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean Countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Editors, Kahn TR, La Marca E, Lotters S, Brown JL, Twomey E, Amezquita A. Conservation International Tropical Field Guide Series. Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA. 588 p.

Rivero JA. 1971 c. Un nuevo e interesante Dendrobates (Amphibia: Salientia) del Cerro Yapacana de Venezuela. Kasmera 3: 389 - 396.

Rodriguez JP, Rojas-Suarez F. 1995. El Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Provita, Fundacion Polar, Wildlife Conservation Society, Profauna-MARNR, UICN, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela. 444 p.

Silverstone P. 1975. A revision of the poison-arrow frogs of the genus Dendrobates Wagler. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Bulletin 21: 1 - 55.

Vences M, Kosuch J, Lotters S, Widmer A, Jungfer KH, Kohler J, Veith M. 2000. Phylogeny and classification of poison frogs (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae), based on mitochondrial 16 S and 12 S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 34 - 40.

Vences M, Kosuch J, Boistel R, Haddad C, La Marca E, Lotters S, Veith M. 2003. Convergent evolution of aposematic coloration in Neotropical poison frogs: a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 3: 215 - 226.

Walsh JG. 1994. Jewels of the Rainforest. Poison Frogs of the Family Dendrobatidae. TFH Publications, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. 288 p.