Pristimantis turumiquirensis ( Rivero 1961 )

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 : 128

Pristimantis turumiquirensis ( Rivero 1961) *

Holotype: AMNH 22557 .

Type locality: La Trinidad, Mount Turumiquire , in cave at approximate elevation of 1,830 m, between Sucre and Monagas States, Venezuela .

Distribution: Region 2. Apparently endemic to Turimiquire, a massif in eastern part of Coastal Range, northwestern Venezuela.

Remarks: Considered Endangered (EN) by Venezuelan Red Book ( Señaris and Rojas-Runjaic 2015 d). In Pristimantis unistrigatus species group of Hedges et al. (2008) but not assigned to any species group by Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: Rivero (1961, 1964a); La Marca (1992); Señaris and Rojas-Runjaic (2015 d).