Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 111

Genus Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870

Type species: Pristimantis galdi Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 , by monotypy.

Remarks: Heinicke et al. (2007) split long-established genus Eleutherodactylus , formerly in family Leptodactylidae (Lynch 1971, 1981; Frost 1985; Duellman 1993; Lynch and Duellman 1997) and placed afterwards in family Brachycephalidae by Frost et al. (2006) containing three major genera: Eleutherodactylus for mainly Caribbean species, Craugastor Cope, 1862 for mainly Central American species, and Pristimantis for almost all South American (and some Central American) species. Hedges et al. (2008) offered a more comprehensive view of the so-called “eleutherodactylines” and erected the new unranked taxon Terrarana (emended as Terraranae by Heinicke et al. 2018) for four families ( Brachycephalidae , Craugastoridae , Eleutherodactylidae , and Strabomantidae ). As of this writing, the phylogenetic arrangement remains in flux. Most South American species formerly in Eleutherodactylus are now members of Pristimantis , within Craugastoridae (after Padial et al. 2014). The most recent approach ( Heinicke et al. 2018) recovers Tachiramantis as part of Craugastoridae , and Pristimantis into Strabomantidae . Mucubatrachus La Marca, 2007 and Paramophrynella La Marca, 2007 are considered synonyms of Pristimantis sensu ( Hedges et al. 2008; Barrio-Amorós et al. 2013; Padial et al. 2014).

Selected references: Lutz (1927); Lynch (1976); La Marca (1992); Barrio-Amorós (1998, 2004, 2009); Heinicke et al. (2007); Hedges et al. (2008); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2013); Padial et al. (2014).