Pristimantis colostichos (La Marca and Smith, 1982)
Eleutherodactylus colostichos La Marca and Smith, 1982, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 700: 2. Holotype: UMMZ 173044, by original designation. Type locality: "Páramo de Los Conejos at the intersection of Quebrada Las Gonzales with the trail Manzano Alto—Las Gonzales, 2.5 hours on foot from the water pipe line known as 'Las Canalejas', Serranía del Norte, Estado Mérida, Venezuela".
Pristimantis colostichos — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) colostichos — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
Las Canalejas Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 73).
Distribution
Páramo de Los Conejos, Serranía del Norte, Andes of Venezuela, 3000-3600 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus colostichos) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 328.
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