Tachiramantis prolixodiscus ( Lynch 1978 )

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 : 31

Tachiramantis prolixodiscus ( Lynch 1978)

Holotype: KU 132726 .

Type locality: “ 30 km ENE Bucaramanga, road to Cúcuta , Departamento Santander, Colombia, 2,485 m.”

Distribution: Region 1. Cordillera Oriental in Colombia and Venezuela. In Venezuela, present in the Cordillera de Mérida and the Sierra de Perijá. Barrio-Amorós (2010a) reported it from Calderas, Barinas State, and Barrio-Amorós et al. ( 2010i) from Perijá; Camargo et al. (2014) provided first report from Lara State.

Remarks: According to Lynch (2003), Eleutherodactylus chlorosoma Rivero, 1984 is a junior synonym. Heinicke et al. (2015) assigned prolixodiscus to Tachiramantis as its type species.

Selected references: Lynch (1978, 2004); Rivero (1982); Barrio-Amorós (2010a); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010); Camargo et al. (2014); Heinicke et al. (2015).