Pristimantis pleurostriatus ( Rivero 1984 )

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 : 121-122

Pristimantis pleurostriatus ( Rivero 1984) *

Holotype: UPR-M 4971.

Type locality: San Eusebio, La Carbonera, 2,316 m, Mérida State, Venezuela.

Distribution: Region 1. Endemic to Venezuelan Cordillera de Mérida. Apparently restricted to surroundings of type locality.

Remarks: Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013) redescribed this previously poorly-known species using fresh material and placed it into a phylogenetic context. In Pristimantis unistrigatus species group according to original publication ( Rivero 1984), but not assigned to any species group by Hedges et al. (2008) or Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: Rivero (1982c, 1983); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013).