Ceuthomantis aracamuni (Barrio-Amorós and Molina, 2006)
Eleutherodactylus aracamuni Barrio-Amorós and Molina, 2006, Zootaxa, 1302: 3. Holotype: MHNLS 17042, by original designation. Type locality: "summit of Cerro Aracamuni (01° 28′ 36″ N; 65° 50′ 07″ W), 493 m, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela".
Pristimantis aracamuni — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2. Myers and Donnelly, 2008, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 308: 147.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) aracamuni — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
Ceuthomantis aracamuni — Heinicke, Duellman, Trueb, Means, MacCulloch, and Hedges, 2009, Zootaxa, 2211: 16.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the summit of Cerro Aracamuni, a granitic mountain associated with the Neblina massif, southern Amazonas, Venezuela, 493 m elevation.
Comment
Appears to be closely related to Eleutherodactylus cavernibardus according to the original publication. Formerly in the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128, prior to its transfer to Ceuthomantidae by Heinicke, Duellman, Trueb, Means, MacCulloch, and Hedges, 2009, Zootaxa, 2211: 16.
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