Pristimantis aureoventris Kok, Means and Bossuyt, 2011

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 : 113

Pristimantis aureoventris Kok, Means and Bossuyt, 2011

Holotype: IRSNB 4152 .

Type locality: Summit of Wei-Assiput-tepui, Cuyuni-Mazaruni District, Guyana (5°13’05”N, 60°42’15”W, 2,210 m) .

Distribution: Region 5. Guyana Shield, in western Guyana and eastern Venezuela. In Venezuela, known from Kukenán-tepui (Jablonski et al. 2017) and here reported from summit of Mt. Roraima , Bolívar State.

Remarks: Listed by Señaris et al. (2014), who anticipated its presence in Venezuela (Canaima National Park) but without any voucher specimen. Jablonski et al. (2017) reports it for first time in Venezuela from the summit of Kukenán-tepui, in the eastern chain of tepuis, Bolivar State. Two vouchers are added here from the summit of Mt. Roraima (MCNC 7196 and EBRG 200), at 2,800 m. Detailed comparison fails to distinguish them from the original description of Pristimantis aureoventris , from a nearby tepui (Wei-Assipu-tepui) in Guyana, and the Guyanan side of Mt. Roraima . The photographs by R.W. McDiarmid and Thomas Marent (Images 243A and 243B) are almost identical to those of Kok et al. (2011; see Fig. 4C, E). Not assigned to any species group ( Padial et al. 2014).

Selected references: Kok et al. (2011); Señaris et al. (2014); Jablonski et al. (2017).