Pristimantis muchimuk Barrio-Amorós, Mesa, Brewer-Carías and McDiarmid, 2010

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 : 121

Pristimantis muchimuk Barrio-Amorós, Mesa, Brewer-Carías and McDiarmid, 2010 *

Holotype: MHNLS 19652 .

Type locality: Northern face of Churi-tepui, 5°16’45”N, 62°00’56”W, 2,325 m asl, Bolívar State, Venezuela .

Distribution: Region 5. Apparently endemic on Churi-tepui since not observed on nearby tepuis such as Abakapá (Rojas-Runjaic et al. 2013) .

Remarks: Described by Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010f) from a single specimen. Variation and an augmented diagnosis given by Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2013). Not assigned to any species group by Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: McDiarmid and Donnelly (2005); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2010f); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2013); Señaris et al. (2014).