Pristimantis rozei ( Rivero 1961 )

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 : 125

Pristimantis rozei ( Rivero 1961) *

Holotype: MBUCV 2018 .

Type locality: “Curucuruma, EstadoAragua, Venezuela.”

Distribution: Region 2. Known only from surroundings of type locality in central Cordillera de la Costa, Aragua State.

Remarks: Perhaps conspecific with Pristimantis reticulatus , according to Lynch and La Marca (1993). In P. unistrigatus species group according to Hedges et al. (2008), but not assigned to any species group by Padial et al. (2014). Reported P. rozei from Nirgua Massif in Yaracuy State by Lotzkat (2007) considered here to be P. cf. stenodiscus , due to characteristic shape of finger disks (Image 274).

Selected references: Rivero (1961, 1964a); Lynch (1976, 1979b); La Marca (1992); Lynch and La Marca (1993); Lotzkat (2007).