Pristimantis pleurostriatus (Rivero 1984) *

Holotype: UPR-M 4971.

Type locality: San Eusebio, La Carbonera, 2,316 m, Mérida State, Venezuela.

Distribution: Region 1. Endemic to Venezuelan Cordillera de Mérida. Apparently restricted to surroundings of type locality.

Remarks: Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013) redescribed this previously poorly-known species using fresh material and placed it into a phylogenetic context. In Pristimantis unistrigatus species group according to original publication (Rivero 1984), but not assigned to any species group by Hedges et al. (2008) or Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: Rivero (1982c, 1983); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013).