Pristimantis hoogmoedi Kaiser, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Steinlein, and Schmid, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis hoogmoedi

Pristimantis hoogmoedi Kaiser, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Steinlein, and Schmid, 2015, J. Threatened Taxa, 7: 7060. Holotype: CVULA 7433 , by original designation. Type locality: "southern slopes of Cerro Humo, Península de Paria, Estado Sucre, Venezuela (10.7073°N & 62.6284°W), elevation ca. 750m, Estado Sucre, Venezuela". Zoobank publication registration: D176B0E5-F6F3-4ADB-8842-C9DAB45EEB78

English Names

Hoogmoed’s Red-Eyed Landfrog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the southern slope of Cerro Humo, Península de Paria, Venezuela, possibly extended through the cloud forests from 650–1200 m elevation.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

Most similar to Pristimantis anotis according to the original publication. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 116–117, for comments on range and literature.

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