Phyllomedusa neildi Barrio-Amorós, 2006

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae > Genus: Phyllomedusa > Species: Phyllomedusa neildi

Phyllomedusa neildi Barrio-Amorós, 2006, Zootaxa, 1309: 57. Holotype: MBUCV 6684, by original designation. Type locality: "vicinity of Murucusa, Municipio Petit (11° 02′ N, 69° 35′ W), 550 masl, spurs of Sierra de San Luís, Estado Falcón, Venezuela".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known definitely only from the xeric lower slopes of the Sierra de San Luís, Estado Falcón, Venezuela.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

In the Phyllomedusa tarsius group according to the original publication. Barrio-Amorós, 2009, Mem. Fund. La Salle Cienc. Nat., 171: 19-46, summarized the biology and range in Venezuela. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 107, for comments on range and literature.  

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