Pristimantis kareliae (La Marca 2005)

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 117-118

Pristimantis kareliae (La Marca 2005) *

Holotype: ULABG 3376 .

Type locality: “ Quebrada la Corcovada , aproximadamente 8 km de Laguna Mucubají, en vía Apartaderos-Santo Domingo, 3,000 m snm., 8°48’42”N, 70°47’46”W, Municipio Cardenal Quintero, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Apparently restricted to surroundings of type locality.

Remarks: Material assigned to this name must be compared with Pristimantis paramerus , a very similar microsympatric species, as original description makes no mention of any possible similarity. In Pristimantis unistrigatus species group according to Hedges et al. (2008); not assigned to any species group by Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: La Marca (2005).