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18445, field number WES (Walter Schargel) 3029; an adult female with convoluted oviducts, collected by Walter Schargel, Gilson Rivas and Tito Barros on
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18797, 18872) from the summit of Cerro Las Antenas, elevation
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, Sierra de Perijá, Municipio Rosario de Perijá, estado Zulia,
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, by F. Rojas-Runjaic and Pablo Velozo; one adult male (
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18459) from the path to Antenas Héctor Dario Socorro, elevation
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, by T. Barros and G. Rivas; four adult males (
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18835-36,18865-66), from the creek behind the house at Cerro Las Antenas, elevation
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,Sierra de Perijá, Municipio Rosario de Perijá, estado Zulia,
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, by Fernando Rojas-Runjaic and Edwin Infante; one adult male (
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18860), from the path between the first and second antennas, Cerro Las Antenas, elevation
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, Sierra de Perijá, Municipio Rosario de Perijá, estado Zulia,
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, by Pablo Velozo and Paul Granado; three adult males (
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19010-12), from coffee plantation near Yurumuto (
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indigenuos village), elevation
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,
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, Río Tokuko basin, Sierra de Perijá, Municipio Machiques de Perijá, estado Zulia,
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, by F. Rojas-Runjaic and Pedro Cabello.
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is a medium sized (males with SVL
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; one female SVL
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) member of the
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species group. (1) Dorsal skin smooth anteriorly, having ill-defined occipital ridges, shagreen posteriorly posteriorly with conspicuous and scattered small granules; ventral skin areolate; (2) tympanum distinct, with a tympanic annulus, 43% of ED; (3) snout subovoid with truncate tip in dorsal view, truncate in profile; canthus rostralis rounded; (4) upper eyelid with small granules; (5) choanae small, round; dentigerous processes of the vomers small, slightly oblique, each with five odontophores; tongue large, cordiform; (6) males with vocal slits, subgular vocal sac, and single white nuptial pads; (7) Finger I shorter than II; (8) fingers with lateral keels; outer pads enlarged; (9) ulnar tubercles absent; (10) tarsal tubercles and calcars absent; (11) two metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, large; outer conical, very small, almost indistinct; (12) toes with well marked lateral keels; webbing basal; toes III, IV and V with relatively broad disks, slightly smaller than those on fingers III and IV; (13) in life dorsal colour creamy brown, with an ill-defined to contrasting X, W and V-shaped marks over pale brown or gray on dorsum; incomplete canthal stripe dark brown to dark olive; supratympanic stripe black; ill-defined to very contrasting transverse bars are present on legs; iris orange bronze with fine black reticulations. In preservative, female dorsal colour bluish brown with no pattern; some small dark grey spots irregularly spread; flanks with a dark brown reticulation on whitish background; cross bars on legs ill-defined; ventral colouration whitish with small irregularly spread dark brown spots, more profuse on throat, with an ill defined mid-gular line, better defined mid-ventrally; lip bars dark brown, ill-defined, more like spots; iris grey with black reticulation; males with a contrasting pattern.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C34A50BFF7E0A3E0AEDE6D8" box="[197,434,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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is unique among other
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C34A50BFD5B0A3E0824E6D8" box="[736,891,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pristimantis</emphasis>
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from the northern Andes of
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and
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in the following combination of characters: tympanum with a distinct tympanic annulus, absence of calcars, all tubercles on hands and feet distinct and protuberant, except outer metatarsal tubercle, preserved dorsal skin smooth, fringes on fingers and toes; basal webbing on feet; cranial crests present.
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<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C34A50BFF7E0B550AC1E77D" box="[197,414,1815,1840]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rivasi">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C34A50BFF7E0B550AC1E77D" box="[197,414,1815,1840]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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(characters in parentheses) is here compared with cloud forest, subparamo and paramo inhabitants from
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and nearby
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. The only two paramo dwellers in Perijá are known from the Colombian side.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C34A50BFEE60B26090AE730" box="[349,597,1892,1917]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pristimantis cuentasi</emphasis>
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can be distinguished by its flat tubercles on dorsal skin and dorsolateral folds (absent), rounded dorsal profile (truncate), no cranial crests (present), and fingers without distinct disks (large).
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C34A50BFF490BF30AB7E787" box="[242,488,1969,1994]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reclusus">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C34A50BFF490BF30AB7E787" box="[242,488,1969,1994]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Pristimantis reclusus</emphasis>
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has flat tubercles on dorsum (absent), no cranial crests (present), disks on fingers slightly expanded (very expanded), and a row of low ulnar tubercles (absent). Other species from the Sierra Nevada de Santa
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in
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can be easily separated by not having cranial crests (present):
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFA3E0CDA0A4BE095" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. carmelitae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFE980CFD08FDE095" box="[291,930,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFE980CFD0AE9E095" box="[291,438,191,216]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insignitus">P. insignitus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFE790CFD090DE095" box="[450,594,191,216]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">P. megalops</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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</emphasis>
(
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), and
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(Boettger, 1892). The following three species share with
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFC1A0CA70F5FE0B3" box="[929,1024,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. r i v a s i</emphasis>
the presence of cranial crests, but can be differentiated by additional characters.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFD680D4E0883E168" box="[723,988,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis cristinae</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
has dorsolateral folds reaching the sacrum (absent), a rounded dorsal snout profile (truncate), one tubercle on each eyelid (absent), and tubercles on heel and outer edge of tarsus (absent).
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFBB50D1B0E45E13F" box="[1038,1306,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis delicatus</emphasis>
(Ruthven, 1917)
</taxonomicName>
, has a middorsal raphe (absent), a rounded dorsal snout profile (truncate), one prominent conical tubercle on eyelid (absent), and toe disks that are small and barely expanded (large, expanded).
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFAB70DE509D0E1AA" authority="Lynch &amp; Ruiz Carranza, 1985" authorityName="Lynch &amp; Ruiz Carranza" authorityYear="1985" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ruthveni">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFAB70DE50BA2E1AB" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis ruthveni</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, has a middorsal raphe and paravertebral and dorsolateral folds (absent), a rounded dorsal snout profile (truncate), and disks on fingers and toes not as enlarged and expanded as in
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFF6E0E580A6FE27E" box="[213,304,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. r i v a s i</emphasis>
. The following three species are known from the Cordillera Oriental de
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, and also live in or near the Venezuelan paramo de Tamá.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFD2F0E0308D1E217" box="[660,910,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis nervicus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3D4C35A50AFC260E030F6BE216" author="Lynch" box="[925,1076,577,603]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Lynch, J. D. (1994) A new species of high altitude frog (Eleutherodactylus: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias, 19, 195 - 203." type="journal article" year="1994">Lynch, 1994</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, has small digital disks (large, expanded), skin with warts (absent), no cranial crests (present);
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFC2D0E2A0E1DE2CF" authority="Cochran &amp; Goin, 1970" authorityName="Cochran &amp; Goin" authorityYear="1970" box="[918,1346,616,642]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nicefori">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFC2D0E2A0F4FE2CC" box="[918,1040,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. nicefori</emphasis>
(Cochran &amp; Goin, 1970)
</taxonomicName>
, has no enlarged finger disks (present, large) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3D4C35A50AFDDC0ECC09A0E2E5" author="Lynch" box="[615,767,654,680]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Lynch, J. D. (1994) A new species of high altitude frog (Eleutherodactylus: Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias, 19, 195 - 203." type="journal article" year="1994">Lynch 1994</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFCAF0ECD0F95E2E5" authority="Lynch, 1983" authorityName="Lynch" authorityYear="1983" box="[788,1226,654,680]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anolirex">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFCAF0ECD0F4AE2E5" box="[788,1045,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis anolirex</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3D4C35A50AFB9D0ECC0F9EE2E5" author="Lynch" box="[1062,1217,654,680]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Lynch, J. D. (1983) A new leptodactylid frog from the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Advances in Herpetology, Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology Cambridge, Massachussets, 52 - 57." type="book chapter" year="1983">Lynch, 1983</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
has flat warts on dorsum (absent), dorsolateral folds (absent), a rounded dorsal snout profile (truncate), and possess both ulnar tubercles and a calcar (absent) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3D4C35A50AFDB60E9E09FFE2BB" author="Lynch" box="[525,672,732,758]" pageId="11" pageNumber="18" refString="Lynch, J. D. (1983) A new leptodactylid frog from the Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Advances in Herpetology, Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology Cambridge, Massachussets, 52 - 57." type="book chapter" year="1983">Lynch 1983</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFD0E0E9E08EDE2B8" box="[693,946,732,757]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="douglasi">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFD0E0E9E08EDE2B8" box="[693,946,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis douglasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of the
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFB1B0E9E0FADE2B8" box="[1184,1266,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P.galdi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFF1A0F400A14E356" box="[161,331,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. unistrigatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group), with an acuminate dorsal view of the snout (subacuminate with truncate tip), ulnar and tarsal tubercles present (absent), inner tarsal fold (absent), short dorsolateral folds (absent), toe V slightly longer than III, surpassing penultimate tubercle on TIV (much longer, reaching anterior edge of distal subarticular tubercle on TIV), a labial white stripe (absent), usually a narrow white vertebral stripe (absent in the
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series of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFEDD0FDF0A98E3FB" box="[358,455,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. rivasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), cream lines on canthus, eyelids and back of scapula (absent),
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFB080FDF0EDEE3FB" box="[1203,1409,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Pristimantis turik</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only other species of the genus with cranial crests inhabiting the Sierra de Perijá. It has a Toe V slightly longer than III, thus not falling in the
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4F4C35A50AFDE90FA80981E44E" box="[594,734,1002,1027]" class="Amphibia" family="Strabomantidae" genus="Pristimantis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unistrigatus">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C35A50AFDE90FA80981E44E" box="[594,734,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">unistrigatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (Toe V considerably longer than III, with the disk on Toe V reaching the anterior edge of the distal subarticular tubercle of Toe IV); a small tympanum, 1/3 of the ED (1/2); and lacks supernumerary tubercles on palms and soles (present).
</paragraph>
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Description of the
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.
</emphasis>
The female
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has
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of SVL (
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). Head roughly as wide as long: head width 41.4% of SVL. Snout subovoid in dorsal view with the tip truncate (
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), round in profile (
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b); EN longer than ED; nostrils not protuberant, directed dorsolaterally; canthus rostralis rounded and distinct, loreal region slightly concave. Upper eyelid with small granules. Cranial crests present, low, along postero-exterior half of the frontoparietals (
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c). Tympanum distinct, 43% of ED, surrounded by a tympanic annulus, with a supratympanic fold hiding little less than half of its posterodorsal section. Choanae small, rounded, not concealed by palatal shelf of maxillary arch; vomerine dentigerous processes small, slightly oblique, bearing 5 teeth each, posterior and medial to choanae. Tongue cordiform, posterior one third free.
</paragraph>
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Dorsal skin smooth anteriorly, shagreen posteriorly in preserved
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(
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), with scattered tubercles and two tubercles at mid level of the nasals only notable in life (
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); some small post tympanic tubercles also present (seen only in life); ill-defined occipital ridges; middorsal raphe absent; dorsolateral folds absent. Ventrally (
<figureCitation id="13582A494C35A50AFE010A6C0AA4E605" box="[442,507,1582,1608]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. A" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1560,1584]" captionTargetBox="[202,1404,229,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[173,1415,194,1536]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. A: Dorsal and B: Ventral view of the female holotype of Pristimantis rivasi sp. nov. Scale equal to 5 mm. C: Palmar view of the right hand and D: Plantar view of the right feet of the holotype of Pristimantis rivasi sp. nov. Scale equal to 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275443/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig 8</figureCitation>
b), throat and chest smooth, belly and inferior part of thighs areolate. Ulnar, tarsal tubercles and calcars absent.
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Relative length of adpressed fingers III&gt;IV&gt;II&gt;I; first finger reaching first third of disk on finger II. Finger disks much broader than long, disk on finger III of right hand three times wider than adjacent phalanx; truncate except on Finger II of left hand, which looks smaller; disk on thumb distinctly expanded but smaller than those on the other fingers. Finger II disk on right hand double wide than adjacent phalanx; Finger II disk on left hand only 1.3 times wider than adjacent phalanx. Single white nuptial pads on thumbs. Lateral fringes along all fingers, weaker on thumb; giving the appearance of ill-developed basal webbing. Palmar and thenar tubercles distinct, bifid and larger the first, ovoid the last. Subarticular tubercles protuberant, single, round. Supernumerary tubercles protuberant, in rows under each finger (
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c).
</paragraph>
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limbs relatively short; shank 53.6% of SVL. Relative lengths of appressed toes IV&gt;V&gt;III&gt;II&gt;I. IV toe disk slightly smaller than III finger disk. Toes with prominent lateral fringes; toes with basal webbing.
</paragraph>
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Disks wider than long, wider than phalanges, truncate. Inner metatarsal tubercle large, oval; outer almost indistinct, conical; subarticular tubercles protuberant, single, round; supernumerary tubercles small (
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d).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36CC4C32A50DFF7E0CA70A8EE1D7" blockId="12.[151,1436,152,410]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFF7E0CA70A35E0B2" bold="true" box="[197,362,229,255]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Colour in life</emphasis>
(
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). The dorsal colour is creamy brown, with an ill-defined black interorbital bar. There is a poorly defined X-shaped pattern over pale brown on the dorsum. The canthal stripe is black and cut in two on both sides; the supratympanic stripe is black. Ill-defined pale brown transverse bars are present on the legs. The iris is a bronze orange with fine black reticulations. Gilson Rivas noted that the undersides of the legs were red (GR, field notes).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFF2C09C10A45E5D6" bold="true" box="[151,282,1411,1435]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFE9B09C10AB9E5D7" box="[288,486,1411,1434]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFE5709C1091EE5D6" bold="true" box="[492,577,1411,1435]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in life, female holotype. Photo by T. R. Barros.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDC36CC4C32A50DFF7E098E0908E751" blockId="12.[151,1437,1484,2013]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFF7E098E0ABEE5AB" bold="true" box="[197,481,1484,1510]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Colour in preservative</emphasis>
. Dorsal colour pattern bluish brown, with irregular darker spots spread, without any particular pattern (
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). A narrow interorbital bar is almost indistinct. There are two symmetrical spots anterior to each eye, the superior one apparently forming part of a poorly defined canthal stripe, and an inferior one similar to a lip bar. Tympanic membrane dark brown; tympanic annulus bluish grey; supratympanic fold black. Three transversal bars on shanks ill-defined. Posterior part of flanks, inguinal region, and hidden surfaces of posterior extremities with a black reticulation on whitish background. Ventrally (
<figureCitation id="13582A494C32A50DFF240AF70B81E682" box="[159,222,1717,1743]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. A" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1560,1584]" captionTargetBox="[202,1404,229,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[173,1415,194,1536]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. A: Dorsal and B: Ventral view of the female holotype of Pristimantis rivasi sp. nov. Scale equal to 5 mm. C: Palmar view of the right hand and D: Plantar view of the right feet of the holotype of Pristimantis rivasi sp. nov. Scale equal to 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/275443/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig 8</figureCitation>
b), throat and chest dirty white with a profusion of small dark brown spots, more evident on the edges; belly whitish with less profusion of dark brown spots; a mid gular and mid ventral line is evident especially on belly. Iris grey with black reticulation.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFF7E0B6A09D3E70F" bold="true" box="[197,652,1832,1858]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Measurements of
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(in mm):
</emphasis>
SVL: 41; ShL 22; HeL: 17; HW: 17.1; InD: 3.3; EN: 7; ED: 5.1; TD: 2.2; ETS: 8.3; FD: 2.4; T4D: 2.2; 1FiL: 7; 2FiL: 7.6.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36CC4C32A50CFF7E0B3408F8E279" blockId="12.[151,1437,1484,2013]" lastBlockId="13.[151,1437,152,564]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C32A50DFF7E0B340A16E7DD" bold="true" box="[197,329,1910,1936]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Variation:</emphasis>
Eight male
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have subgular sac, well-developed vocal slits, and ill defined single white nuptial pads. Their size is smaller (SVL
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, mean=
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, n = 8) than the only available female. The shape of the snout seen from above vary from truncate (
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, MHNLS 18459, 18836, 18865, 18872) to subovoid (MHNLS 18797, 18860, 18866). The disk on fingers III and IV can be oval, round, or heart-shaped, although not notched. Dorsal pattern of males is much more contrasting (Appendix III top), usually consisting of an occipital W mark, an inverted and discontinuous V formed by dark brown spots, diagonal dark bars on flanks, and transverse vertical bars on hind limbs (from the less contrasting to the most MHNLS 18866, 18835, 18836, 18459, 18860, 18797, 18872 and 18865). Ventrally (Appendix III bottom) all are whitish, with a profusion of melanophores on the throat (from the less contrasting to the most MHNLS 18865, 18860, 18872, 18866, 18835, 18836, 18459 and 18797). The colour in life of MHNLS 18459 (
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) was dorsally light brown with the W and inverted V made by black spots; other marks were dark reddish brown, and forearm and hind limbs transverse bars were dark brown. A more contrasting individual (MHNLS 18860;
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b) was whitish dorsally with the same but much defined greenish marks. The iris was in all individuals constantly golden orange with a fine black reticulation.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDC36CC4C33A50CFF2C0BF40859E7BD" blockId="13.[151,1435,1974,2032]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C33A50CFF2C0BF40A43E783" bold="true" box="[151,284,1974,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
A: Dorsal and B: Lateral view of the head of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C33A50CFC040BF50FD6E783" box="[959,1161,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C33A50CFB2B0BF40FB8E783" bold="true" box="[1168,1255,1974,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Scale equal to 5 mm. C: Frontoparietal crests apparent on female holotype.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFF2C0A5A0A46E67D" bold="true" box="[151,281,1560,1584]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
A: Dorsal and B: Ventral view of the female holotype of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFCC30A5B0F62E67D" box="[888,1085,1561,1584]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFBF80A5A0FC7E67D" bold="true" box="[1091,1176,1560,1584]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Scale equal to 5 mm. C: Palmar view of the right hand and D: Plantar view of the right feet of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFB8D0A790FA2E61F" box="[1078,1277,1595,1618]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFABF0A790E04E61E" bold="true" box="[1284,1371,1595,1619]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Scale equal to 2 mm.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFF7E0AE50AD0E68C" bold="true" box="[197,399,1703,1729]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Natural history:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFE230AE5092DE68D" box="[408,626,1703,1728]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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is known from two localities: Cerro Las Antenas, between
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1438 and
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m, and the Río Tokuko basin, between
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1389 and
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m. At each locality, the species was collected at three different sites (see Distribution). One of the sites at Cerro Las Antenas corresponds to a section of a narrow rocky creek at
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elevation, surrounded by a dense primary cloud forest. Here
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was found in sympatry with
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,
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFD260B00086FE716" box="[669,816,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Cochranella</emphasis>
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sp.,
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and
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C30A50FFB660B000EC4E716" box="[1245,1435,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Rhinella marina</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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. During
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(end of the dry season), several individuals were observed on leaves of bushes and palms, from the forest litter level to four meters over the ground. The second site at Cerro Las Antenas is a section of a dirt road surrounded by cloud forest between
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1548 and
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m in elevation, and
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFF2C0CDA0B83E0FC" box="[151,220,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">rivasi</emphasis>
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was found in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFDF90CDA09F6E0FC" box="[578,681,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. yukpa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFD020CDA0867E0FC" box="[697,824,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Hypsiboas</emphasis>
cf.
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(Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
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and
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFA8E0CDA0BB3E095" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Rhinella marina</emphasis>
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. The last site at Cerro Las Antenas is a secondary and short forest at the summit of Cerro Las Antenas, at an elevation of
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, with dominant tree ferns, abundant vines and
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. In this last site,
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was found in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFD7E0D4E0830E168" box="[709,879,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. lassoalcalai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFCCC0D49088BE168" bold="true" box="[887,980,267,293]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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The
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was collected in this last locality, after a heavy but short rain. Male
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were calling from bush leaves on the talus of the road, on leaves, tree branches, shrubs and bamboo sticks.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFF2C08020A45E415" bold="true" box="[151,282,1088,1112]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
A: male paratype MHNLS 18459. Photo by T. R. Barros. B: Male paratype in life MHNLS 18860, showing extreme pattern. Photo by P. Velozo.
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During
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, many males of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFD4A08EF080AE48B" box="[753,853,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. rivasi</emphasis>
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were vocalizing intensely in choruses, between
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h., some from short plants and higher bushes and other hidden in the forest litter; afterwards, some males called sporadically to 0 130 h. The vocalization of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFCCE08B8088AE55E" box="[885,981,1274,1299]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. rivasi</emphasis>
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is a series of clicks similar of what we could produce with the tongue against the palate. Onomatopoeically those notes can be described as “cloc, cloc, cloc,” emitted in series from a few to many, lasting for at most one minute.
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During the
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expedition to the Río Tokuko basin, many
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFB9F092C0FD8E5CA" box="[1060,1159,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. rivasi</emphasis>
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were heard vocalizing actively and also in choruses after a short rain about 2030h in a shadow coffee field.
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFB3009D70E36E5E3" box="[1163,1385,1429,1454]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Pristimantis yukpa</emphasis>
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and another new species of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFE1C09F90969E599" box="[423,566,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Pristimantis</emphasis>
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(F. Rojas.Runjaic
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFCB509F9081EE599" box="[782,833,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. unpubl.) were sympatric at that site. We confirmed the presence of
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFEEA09A00AF2E5B6" box="[337,429,1506,1531]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. r i v a s i</emphasis>
in two more places of this same basin: surroundings of the Yupka indigenous village named Pishikakao at an elevation of
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,
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; and around the other
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village called Yurumuto, at
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,
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; there we only could heard the distinctive call of the species around 1830h. In both last localities
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was sympatric with
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFBD50A140F92E622" box="[1134,1229,1622,1647]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">P. y u k p a</emphasis>
.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37965474C31A50EFF7E0A3E0928E6A9" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFF7E0A3E0A05E6DB" bold="true" box="[197,346,1660,1686]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name of this species is a patronym for Gilson Rivas Fuenmayor, one of the original collectors of the new species, a good friend and enthusiastic Venezuelan herpetologist, for his many contributions to Venezuelan herpetology.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37965474C31A511FF7E0AB20F71E095" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C31A50EFF7E0AB20A37E747" bold="true" box="[197,360,1776,1802]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Distribution:</emphasis>
(
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) The species is known from six sites in two localities: 1—creek behind the house of Cerro Las Antenas, 2—section of the path between the first and second antennas (
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locality), and 3— second antenna, in the summit of Cerro Las Antenas, Municipio Rosario de Perijá (these three sites are comprehended in a lineal transect of
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and appear as a single circle on the map of
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); 4— surroundings of the
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village Yurumuto, 5—the hill between Yurumuto and Pishikakao, and 6— surroundings of the
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village Pishikakao, in the río Tukuko basin, Municipio Machiques de Perijá (all three sites are in within
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and appear as a single circle on the map of
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). The northernmost locality is separated from the southernmost by an air distance of ca.
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; the elevational range is from
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. It is expected to occur throughout similar environments in the Sierra de Perijá.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FF7E0CA70A14E0B2" bold="true" box="[197,331,229,255]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Comment:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FEE80CA70970E0B3" box="[339,559,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Pristimantis rivasi</emphasis>
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is clearly a member of the
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FCCC0CA70F5BE0B3" box="[887,1028,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">unistrigatus</emphasis>
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group sensu
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and
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Hedges
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FEC50D4E0AE6E168" box="[382,441,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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, as it has areolate belly skin, Finger I shorter than II, and Toe V considerably longer than III, with the disk on Toe V reaching the anterior edge of the distal subarticular tubercle of Toe IV. However, as noted before, this group is phenetic, and must be tested genetically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36CC4C2EA511FF7D0D3D08C2E282" blockId="16.[151,1437,152,835]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FF7D0D3D0A67E1D4" bold="true" box="[198,312,383,409]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Remarks</emphasis>
. The area where the two species described here reside is in permanent danger of habitat loss. In addition to the activities of
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indigenous people, there exist persistent deforestation activities by
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FAF60DE50EC4E18D" box="[1357,1435,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">criollo</emphasis>
inhabitants, who cultivate
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FE770D8F096CE1AB" box="[460,563,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">malanga</emphasis>
using a highly destructive procedure. Only the southernmost locality of
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FA3D0D8F0B83E240" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. rivasi</emphasis>
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lies inside the Parque Nacional Sierra de Perijá. Cerro Las Antenas is unprotected. Despite we have punctually explored other areas of the Sierra, the two new species have been observed in only two localities. Although nothing is known about the population status of these two new species, or the real distribution, we recommend listing these species under category VU D2 of the IUCN (vulnerable with very small distributional area of
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² or 5 localities), following
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Stuart
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FCCA0ECD08F3E2E5" box="[881,940,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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, due to its apparent very restricted distribution and the dangers that the area is facing (named above).
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The
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<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FF410E9E0AD6E2B8" box="[250,393,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Pristimantis</emphasis>
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fauna of Perijá must be rich, as revealed by recent work (
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;
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Barrio-Amorós
<emphasis id="B917EADE4C2EA511FA3C0E9E0BE7E356" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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), but exploring the area is a dangerous activity due to problems of civil unrest as presence of guerrillas, paramilitares and narco-dealers.
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