Phytotriades auratus (Boulenger 1917)

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 : 79

Phytotriades auratus (Boulenger 1917)

Type: BMNH 1917.9.27.39–41

Type locality: “ Mount Tucutche , a little above 3,000 feet altitude,” Trinidad .

Distribution: Region 2. Only known from Trinidad island and Cerro El Humo in Península de Paria (northwestern Venezuela), Sucre State. Probably in other localities of Paria over 1,000 m where the giant bromeliad Glomeropitcairnia erectiflora (its microhabitat) is present.

Remarks: Considered as Critically Endangered by current Venezuelan Red Book (De Freitas and Rivas 2015).

Selected references: Faivovich et al. (2005); Jowers et al. (2009); De Freitas and Rivas (2015); Rivas and De Freitas (2015).