Pristimantis nubisilva Kaiser, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Steinlein, and Schmid, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Brachycephaloidea > Family: Strabomantidae > Subfamily: Pristimantinae > Genus: Pristimantis > Species: Pristimantis nubisilva

Pristimantis nubisilva Kaiser, Barrio-Amorós, Rivas-Fuenmayor, Steinlein, and Schmid, 2015, J. Threatened Taxa, 7: 7052. Holotype: CVULA 7430, by original designation. Type locality: "southern slopes of Cerro Humo, Península de Paria, Estado Sucre, Venezuela (10.7073°N & 62.6284°W), elevation ca. 750m". Zoobank publication registration: D176B0E5-F6F3-4ADB-8842-C9DAB45EEB78

English Names

Paria Cloud Forest Landfrog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the southern slope of Cerro Humo, Península de Paria in Sucre state, Venezuela, possibly extending through the cloud forests from 650–1200 m elevation.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

 See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 121, for comments on range and literature. 

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