Scinax rostratus (Peters 1863)

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 : 87

Scinax rostratus (Peters 1863)

Holotype: ZMB 3175 .

Type locality: Caracas, Venezuela.

Distribution: Regions 2, 3, 4, 6. Widely distributed in northern South America, from Panama and throughout Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana to northern Brazil. Widespread in the lowlands of Venezuela.

Remarks: In Scinax rostratus species group ( Faivovich et al. 2005). Rivero (1961) reported several specimens as Hyla boulengeri . A complex of species, involving at least two different taxa only in Venezuela (CBA, unpub. data). A major review is needed to clarify its taxonomic status and the whole S. rostratus species group. In northwestern Venezuela, specimens of S. rostratus should be compared with Scinax boulengeri (Cope 1887) .

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964a,b, 1967a, 1968g); Tello (1968); Duellman (1970, 1972b, 1997); Fouquette and Delahoussaye (1977); Duellman and Wiens (1992); Hero and Mijares (1995); Yústiz (1996); Señaris et al. (2014).