Pristimantis colostichos (La Marca and Smith 1982)

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 : 114

Pristimantis colostichos (La Marca and Smith 1982) *

Holotype: UMMZ 173044 .

Type locality: “Páramo de los Conejos at the intersection of Quebrada Las Gonzales with the trail Manzano Alto-Las Gonzales, 2.5 hours on foot from the water pipeline known as “Las Canalejas,” Serranía del Norte, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 1. Known only from type locality in Sierra de la Culata, Mérida State, Venezuelan Andes.

Remarks: In non-monophyletic 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 and Smith (1982).