Pristimantis avius ( Myers and Donnelly 1997 )

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 : 113

Pristimantis avius ( Myers and Donnelly 1997) *

Holotype: AMNH 131481 .

Type locality: “ North base of Pico Tamacuari, 1,160– 1,200 m elevation. Sierra Tapirapecó , Amazonas, Venezuela (1°13’N, 64°42’W).”

Distribution: Region 5. Endemic to Sierra Tapirapecó, Venezuelan Amazonas. Possibly present in Brazilian side of Tapirapecó.

Remarks: In non-monophyletic Pristimantis unistrigatus species group according to Myers and Donnelly (1997) and Hedges et al. (2008); not assigned to any species group by Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: Myers and Donnelly (1997).