Pristimantis telefericus (La Marca, 2005)
Eleutherodactylus telefericus La Marca, 2005, Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 2: 51. Holotype: ULABG 2232, by original designation. Type locality: "proveniente del camino entre la tercera estación (La Aguada) y la cuarta estación (Loma Redonda) del Teleférico de Mérida, 3500 m.s.n.m., Municipio Libertador, Estado Mérida, Venezuela".
Pristimantis telefericus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) telefericus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Sierra Nevada de Merida in the vicinity of the Laguna La Fria, from two stations along the aerial cable tramway, Municipio Libertador, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.
Comment
Most similar to Eleutherodactylus colostichos according to the original publication. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
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