Pristimantis vanadise (La Marca, 1984)
Eleutherodactylus vanadise La Marca, 1984, Herpetologica, 40: 31. Holotype: CVULA 2805, by original designation. Type locality: "stream in cloud forest above Truchicultura La Mucuy, 2350 m, Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Estado Mérida, Venezuela".
Eleutherodactylus cerasoventris Rivero, 1984 "1982", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 42: 80. Holotype: UPRM 4202, by original designation. Type locality: "La Mcuy, 2.450 m. Edo. Mèrida, Venezuela". Synonymy by Rivero, 1984 "1982", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 42: 80 (footnote).
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) vanadise — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 234.
Pristimantis vanadise — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) vanadise — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
English Names
La Marca's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 80).
Distribution
Cloud forests in the Sierra del Norte (=Culata) and Sierra Nevada de Mérida, western Venezuela, 1800-2600 m elevation.
Comment
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, unassigned to species group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 234. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Eleutherodactylus vanadise) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 622.
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