Pristimantis dendrobatoides Means and Savage, 2007

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

Pristimantis dendrobatoides Means and Savage, 2007, Zootaxa, 1658: 40. Holotype: USNM563662, by original designation. Type locality: "Wokomung Massif, near Falls Camp, Potaro-Siparuni District, west-central Guyana; 05° 05′25″ N, 59° 50′18″ W, 1385 m".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the Wokomung Massif in west-central Guyana in cloud forest habitat (1385–1570 m).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guyana

Endemic: Guyana

Comment

Resembles members of the Pristimantis unistrigatus group according to the original publication. Not assignable to a species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127. See Cole, Townsend, Reynolds, MacCulloch, and Lathrop, 2013, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 125: 387, for brief account and records for Guyana.

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