Pristimantis briceni ( Boulenger 1903 )

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11404264
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11405880
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scientific name	Pristimantis briceni ( Boulenger 1903 )
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Pristimantis briceni ( Boulenger 1903) View in CoL *

Syntypes: MCZ 3888 About MCZ and 7601, NHMW 22871 (3 specimens); UMMZ 46471 View Materials .

Type locality: “ Merida (Mérida), Venezuela, at an altitude (elevation) of 1,600 metres.” Elevation may be in error, as it is known from 2,600 to 3,400 m; 1,600 m is the elevation of Merida, from where the specimens were shipped.

Distribution: Region 1. Sierra de la Culata in subpáramo and páramo habitats in Venezuelan Andes of Mérida State.

Remarks: Considered type species of genus Mucubatrachus La Marca, 2007 . Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013) show this species is phylogenetically embedded in Pristimantis . Not assigned to any species group ( Hedges et al. 2008; Padial et al. 2014).

Selected references: Boulenger (1903); Lutz (1927); Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1982c, 1983); Lynch (1976); La Marca (2007); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013).