Pristimantis marahuaka

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Craugastoridae
Subfamilia: Pristimantinae
Genus: Pristimantis
Species: Pristimantis marahuaka

Name

Pristimantis marahuaka (Fuentes & Barrio-Amorós, 2004)

• Holotype: MBUCV 6637, adult ♂, collected by Charles Brewer-Carías between 31 January and 4 February, 1982.
• Type locality: “VENEZUELA, Estado Amazonas, summit of Cerra Marahuaka (N 03°55′–W 65°27′), aprox. 2450 m”.

Combinations

• Eleutherodactylus marahuaka Fuentes & Barrio-Amorós, 2004: 286 [original combination]
• Pristimantis marahuaka — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007: table 2 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Fuentes, O. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2004. A new Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Marahuaka Tepui, Amazonas, Venezuela. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 28(107): 285–290. DOI: 10.18257/raccefyn.28(107).2004.2001 Reference page. 
• Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(24): 10092–10097. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611051104 Reference page. 

Links

• Ballestas, O. 2022. IUCN: Pristimantis marahuaka  (Near Threatened) (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T61813A198654045. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61813A198654045.en. Accessed on 12 October 2025.