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Pristimantis aureoventris Kok, Means, and Bossuyt, 2011
Pristimantis aureoventris Kok, Means, and Bossuyt, 2011, Zootaxa, 2934: 4. Holotype: IRSNB 4152, by original designation. Type locality: "summit of Wei Assipu Tepui, Cuyuni-Mazaruni District, Guyana (05° 13′ 05″ N, 060° 42′ 15″ W, 2210 m elevation)".
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from the summits of Roraima (see comment), Wei Assipu Tepui, Cuyuni-Mazaruni District, Guyana, 2210–2249 m elevation, and in adjacent Venezuela (Estado Bolívar) on the summit of Kukenán-tepui.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Guyana, Venezuela
Comment
Unassigned to species group but similar to some members of the Pristimantis unistrigatus group according to the original publication. Not assignable to species group according to Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 127. Señaris, Lampo, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2014, Guía Ilust. Anf. Parque Nac. Canaima: 90–91, provided a photograph and a brief account for the Parque Nacional de Canaima, Venezuela. Jablonski, Grul'a, Barrio-Amorós, and Kok, 2017, Salamandra, 53: 473–478, discussed the phylogenetics of a series of Pristimantis on the summits of the eastern tepui chain, suggested that Pristimantis "J" of McDiarmid and Donnelly, 2005, in Donnelly et al. (eds.), Ecol. Evol. Tropics: 518, is Pristimantis aureoventris (although they suggested this needs to be corroborated by molecular evidence), and discussed the range of this species. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 113, for comments on range and literature. Included in the Pristimantis marmoratus clade of the Pristimantis unistrigatus group as delimited by Mônico, Koch, Ferrão, Fernandes, Marques, Chaparro, Rodrigues, Lima, and Fouquet, 2024, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 108203: 1–19, on molecular grounds (mtDNA and nuDNA genes) and implied that the distinctiveness from Pristimantis yuruaniensis requires confirmation.
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