Pristimantis lancinii (Donoso-Barros 1965) *

Holotype: USNM 165604.

Type locality: “Apartaderos, Estado Mérida,” Venezuela.

Distribution: Region 1. Páramos in Sierra Nevada, Mérida State.

Remarks: Described briefly by Donoso-Barros (1965) stating type locality as: “ Venezuela … de las altas montañas de Mérida;” type locality restricted later by Donoso-Barros (1968). Frost (2019) erroneously states the species was originally described as Eupsophus (see Barrio-Amorós and Ortiz 2015). Not assigned to any species group by Hedges et al. (2008) or Padial et al. (2014).

Selected references: Donoso-Barros (1965, 1968); Rivero (1967c, 1982b); Rivero and Mayorga (1973); Lynch (1976); Duellman (1979b); La Marca and Smith (1982); La Marca (1991b “1994,” 2007); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013); Barrio-Amorós and Ortiz (2015).