Dendropsophus aff. minutus (Peters, 1872)

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 : 169

Dendropsophus aff. minutus (Peters, 1872)

Syntypes: ZMB 7456 (five specimens. D. minutus sensu stricto) .

Type locality: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (for D. minutus sensu stricto).

Distribution: Based on the phylogeny of Gehara et al. (2014) the Guianan lineages are widely distributed in Venezuela (Andes, Cordillera de La Costa, Amazon, and Guiana Shield), Guiana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil. No name is available yet for those populations that could represent more than one species.

Remarks: Gehara et al. (2014) showed this is a composite of species with at least four mitochondrial lineages in Venezuela that are not part of the clade of D. minutus species complex. Gehara et al. (2014) proposed to remove Hyla goughi Boulenger, 1911 from the synonymy of D. minutus and allocate it in the “Guianan lineages”. However, in a recent visit to the BMNH, CBA corroborated the holotype of Hyla goughi from Trinidad as Dendropsophus microcephalus .

Selected references: Barrio-Amorós 2010a; Barrio-Amorós and Duellman 2009; Barrio-Amorós et al. 2011b; Donnelly and Myers 1991; Duellman 1997; Gehara et al. 2014; Gorzula and Señaris 1998; Heatwole et al. 1965; Hoogmoed and Gorzula 1979; Magdefrau et al. 1991; Rivero 1961, 1964b, 1971b; Rivero and Esteves 1969; Señaris et al. 2014.