A new Mannophryne (Anura : Dendrobatidae) from western Venezuela, with comments on the generic allocation of Colostethus larandinus

Mannophryne lamarcai sp. nov., is described from the Cerro Socopo in the st ale of Falcon in northwestern Venezuela. It is distinguished from congeners by the combination of a dark dorsolateral band (indistinct in darkest fema les and males), an oblique yellow Land on flanks in living females, a narro w collar tin adult females and some males), belly in living females pale wh ite with yellow peripherally, tip of snout almost truncated: pad. on third toe 2.4 times wider than adjacent phalanx; and a characteristic webbed toes formula. The generic allocation of Colostethus larandinus Yustiz 1991 is b riefly discussed and the new combination Mannophryne larandina (Yustiz, 199 1) is proposed.