Leptodactylus fuscus ( Schneider 1799 )

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 : 91

Leptodactylus fuscus ( Schneider 1799)

Neotype: MNHNP 680 .

Type locality: Not designated. Neotype from “ Surinam.”

Distribution: Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Widespread in lowlands from Panama through South America to east of Andes ( Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern extreme of Argentina). In Venezuela, widely distributed in lowlands throughout country, including Margarita Island.

Remarks: A complex of species. In Leptodactylus fuscus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1964a-d, 1967a); Heatwole et al. (1965); Tello (1968); Bogart (1974); Staton and Dixon (1977); Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979); Péfaur and Díaz De Pascual (1987); Solano (1987a,b); Ramo and Busto (1989, 1990); Magdefrau et al. (1991); Manzanilla et al. (1995); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio-Amorós (2010a); Tárano (2010); Ugueto and Rivas-Fuenmayor (2010); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); De Sá et al. (2014); Señaris et al. (2014).