Pristimantis yaviensis
| Pristimantis yaviensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. yaviensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pristimantis yaviensis (
Donnelly , 1996) | |
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Pristimantis yaviensis is a species of
Description
Males measure 18–21 mm (0.71–0.83 in) and females 24–30 mm (0.94–1.18 in) in snout–vent length. The coloration is variable; the dorsal ground color is light or dark brown, grayish brown, or orangish brown. Dorsal color patterns include dark chevrons, longitudinal dark lines, and sharply bicolor middorsum from the sides. The ventral surfaces are grayish, sometimes pale grayish yellow. The dorsal skin is finely granular to nearly smooth with scattered warts; ventral skin is areolate. The tympanum is absent. The snout is rounded, sometimes truncate in lateral profile. The upper eyelids have small flat tubercles. The fingers lack webbing but the toes have basal webbing; both fingers and toes have broad discs.[2]
Habitat and conservation
It has mostly been collected on vegetation in montane tepui forest or under rock slabs, although one specimen was observed in open, scrubby thicket about 1.5 m above ground.[1][2] It the most common Pristimantis species on Cerro Yaví. No threats to this species are known.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ hdl:2246/3631.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pristimantis yaviensis (Myers and Donnelly, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 November 2022.