Phyllomedusa venusta Duellman and Trueb, 1967

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 : 108-109

Phyllomedusa venusta Duellman and Trueb, 1967

Holotype: KU 96150 .

Type locality: One km west-southwest of the junction of the Río Mono and the Rio Tuira, Darien Province, Panama, 130 m.

Distribution: Region 6. Southern Panama, and Caribbean lowlands of Colombia, entering the Magdalena River Valley; in Venezuela, known from the Maracaibo Lake Basin.

Remarks: Species in the Phyllomedusa tarsius group (sensu Barrio-Amorós 2006 and Faivovich et al. 2010) are very difficult to distinguish among them. Barrio-Amorós (2009b) comment on the possibility that P. venusta is conspecific with P. trinitatis , as the only reliable character to differentiate them is the length of the parotoid glands, a variable character influenced by reproductive or hormonal condition.

Selected References: Duellman and Trueb (1967); Barrio-Amorós (2006b, 2009b); Infante-Rivero et al. (2006a); Faivovich et al. (2010).