Gastrotheca ovifera (Lichtenstein and Weinland 1854)

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 : 55

Gastrotheca ovifera (Lichtenstein and Weinland 1854) *

Holotype: ZMB 3073 .

Type locality: Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela.

Distribution: Region 2. Cordillera de la Costa in states Aragua, Cojedes, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Carabobo, and Yaracuy, 890– 2,060 m asl.

Remarks: Reported from the Delta of the Orinoco River (MHNLS 2942) by Valera-Leal et al. (2011) without further comment; but current authors believe this is an error as no Gastrotheca specimen has ever been reported from that area. Included in subgenus Opisthodelphys ( Duellman 2015) or in Gastrotheca marsupiata species group sensu Castroviejo-Fisher et al. (2015). Despite a 646 man-hour effort, Valera-Leal et al. (2011) failed to locate any surviving population in the Henri Pittier National Park in 2006–2007. Barrio-Amorós (1998) reported it very abundant at Galipán in March 1997, while CBA has heard the species in Cerro Volcán, Caracas, Miranda, as recently as 2009.

Selected references: Lutz (1927); Mertens (1957a,b, 1967); Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964a,d); Tello (1968); Duellman (1980, 2015); Duellman et al. (1988); La Marca (1995a); Manzanilla et al. (1995); Barrio (1999b); Barrio-Amorós (2001, 2006c, 2013); Schmidt et al. (2002); Manzanilla and Sánchez (2003); Rivas and Barrio-Amorós (2005); Valera-Leal et al. (2011); Castroviejo-Fisher et al. (2015).