Pristimantis yukpa Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic and Infante, 2007

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 : 129

Pristimantis yukpa Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic and Infante, 2007 *

Holotype: MHNLS 18525 .

Type locality: Kiriponsa, an indigenous Yukpa community along the Tokuko River, Machiques de Perijá Municipality, Sierra de Perijá , Zulia State, Venezuela (09°51’N, 72°53’W; 1,005 m asl) .

Distribution: Region 1. Widely distributed along eastern (Venezuelan) versant of Sierra de Perijá, 600– 1,200 m asl. Recently reported from Colombian side of Perijá ( Meza-Joya 2016).

Remarks: Barrio-Amorós et al. (2012) show P. gryllus as vicariant species of P. yukpa in Cordilleras Oriental and de Mérida. Both species are members of unistrigatus species group sensu stricto (nested with P. unistrigatus ); Padial et al. (2014) did not assign it to any species group.

Selected references: Barrio-Amorós et al. (2007, 2012); Meza-Joya (2016).