Description of a new Allobates (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from the eastern Andean piedmont, Venezuela

We describe a new nurse frog in the genus Allobates (Dendrobatidae) from Río Negro, Municipio Córdoba, Estado Táchira, in western Venezuela. This species is a leaflitter inhabitant of primary and secondary lowland rainforest at altitudes from 400 to 1000 m. The new species is similar to the species...

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Main Authors: César Luis Barrio-Amorós, Juan Carlos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-12-01
Series:Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
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Online Access:http://www.phyllomedusa.esalq.usp.br/articles/volume8/number2/8289104.pdf