Pseudopaludicola boliviana Parker, 1927

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 : 100-101

Pseudopaludicola boliviana Parker, 1927

Holotype: BMNH 1927.8.1. 1.

Type locality: “Sta. Cruz, Bolivia.”

Distribution: Region 4. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. In Venezuela, south of Orinoco, but few precise localities known. Besides Castillos de Guayana, Delta Amacuro State ( Gorzula and Señaris 1998), herein reported from Capihuara, Casiquiare, Amazonas State, where it was very abundant on river sand beaches in December 1998.

Remarks: This species has a disjunct distribution, widely separated by the Amazon Basin. De la Riva et al. (2000) suggested this greatly disjunct distribution likely indicates at least two distinct species. Myers and Donnelly (2001) presumed that Venezuelan populations correspond to two species. In Pseudopaludicola pusilla species group of Lynch (1989).

Selected references: Lynch (1989); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Lynch and Vargas-Ramírez (2000); Myers and Donnelly (2001).