Pristimantis pedimontanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

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

Name

Pristimantis pedimontanus (La Marca, 2004)

• Holotype: ULABG 3221, subadult ♀, collected by J.D. Lynch and E. La Marca on 24 October 1992.
• Type locality: “VENEZUELA, ESTADO TÁCHIRA, Municipio San Cristóbal: Parque Nacional Chorro del Indio, 16.5 Km. En la carretera San Cristóbal-Macanilla, aproximadamento a 8 Km. SE San Cristóbal, 1250 m.s.n.m.”

Combinations

• Eleutherodactylus pedimontanus La Marca, 2004: 1 [original combination]
• Pristimantis pedimontanus — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007: table 2 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• La Marca, E. 2004. Descripción de dos nuevos anfibios del piedmemonte andino de Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 1: 1–9.
• 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

• La Marca, E. 2022. IUCN: Pristimantis pedimontanus  (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T61815A198654258. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61815A198654258.en. Accessed on 21 October 2025.