Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven 1914)

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 : 103

Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven 1914)

Holotype: UMMZ 45571 .

Type locality: “Vicinity of Fundación, (Sierra de Santa Marta), Colombia.”

Distribution: Panamá, northern Colombia, and Maracaibo Lake Basin in Venezuela, in open areas.

Remarks: Previously in monotypic genus Relictivomer Carvalho, 1954 , which was synonymized with Elachistocleis by De Sá et al. (2012) based on its phylogenetic position.

Selected references: Lutz (1927); Carvalho (1954); Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964b-d); Bogart and Nelson (1976); Staton and Dixon (1977); Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979); Rada (1981a); Gremone et al. (1986); Ramo and Busto (1989, 1990); Yústiz (1996); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio and Durant (2000); Lavilla et al. (2003); Infante-Rivero et al. (2006b); De Sá et al. (2012).