Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation Author Barrio-Amorós, César L. Fundación AndígenA, Apartado Postal 210, Mérida, VENEZUELA & Current address: Doc Frog Expeditions, Uvita de Osa, COSTA RICA cesarlba@yahoo.com Author Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Apartado Postal 1930, Caracas 1010 - A, VENEZUELA & Current address: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Río Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619 - 900, BRAZIL rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com Author Señaris, J. Celsa Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Altos de Pipe, apartado 20632, Caracas 1020, VENEZUELA celsisenaris@gmail.com text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2019 e 180 2019-07-14 13 1 1 198 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11404264 1525-9153 11404264 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) .