Pristimantis pedimontanus (La Marca, 2004)
Eleutherodactylus pedimontanus La Marca, 2004, Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 1: 1. Holotype: ULABG 3221, by original designation. Type locality: "VENEZUELA, ESTADO TáCHIRA, Municipio San Cristóbal: Parque Nacional Chorro del Indio, 16.5 Km. En la carretera San Cristóbal-Macanilla, aproximadamento a 8 Km. SE San Cristóbal, 1250 m.s.n.m."
Pristimantis pedimontanus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) pedimontanus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Cloud forests along the southern versant of the Cordillera de Mérida from the state of Táchira to the state of Lara, in northwestern Venezuela.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus group and previous confused with Eleutherodactylus briceni according to the original publication. See comment under Mucubatrachus briceni. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) conspicillatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 120.
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