Pristimantis pulvinatus (Rivero 1968)

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 : 122-123

Pristimantis pulvinatus (Rivero 1968) *

Holotype: MCZ 64741 .

Type locality: “Paso del Danto, región of La Escalera around 1,400 m above San Isidro, road from El Dorado to Sta. Elena de Uairén, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 5. Venezuela and Guyana. In Venezuela, in surroundings of La Escalera and Gran Sabana, eastern Bolívar State. Has been confused with P. marmoratus ( Kok et al. 2018) .

Remarks: In subgenus Pristimantis but not assigned to any species group ( Hedges et al. 2008; Padial et al. 2014). Probably a species complex (P. Kok and CBA, in prep.).

Selected references: Rivero (1968c); Lynch (1976); Duellman (1997); Myers and Donnelly (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio-Amorós and Duellman (2009); Señaris et al. (2014); Kok et al. (2018).