Physalaemus fischeri ( Boulenger 1890 )

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 : 99

Physalaemus fischeri ( Boulenger 1890)

Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.18. 28.

Type locality: “ Venezuela.”

Distribution: Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela. Widespread in Northern Venezuela (Cojedes, Guárico, Barinas, and Apure States), and scattered to south of Orinoco River (Amazonas and Bolívar States).

Remarks: Physalaemus enesefae Heatwole, Solano and Heatwole, 1965 is a junior synonym of P. fischeri . However, P. fisheri lacks a specific type locality and is likely a species complex ( Tárano and Ryan 2002; Lourenço et al. 2015). Its complex call is well-studied ( Tárano 2001, 2002, 2010; Tárano and Herrera 2003; Tárano and Ryan 2002). In Physalaemus cuvieri species group of Lourenço et al. (2015).

Selected references: Boulenger (1890); Parker (1927); Rivero (1961, 1967a); Heatwole et al. (1965); La Marca (1992); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Tárano (2002, 2003, 2010); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); Señaris et al. (2014).