Leptodactytlus magistris Mijares-Urrútia, 1997

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 : 95

Leptodactytlus magistris Mijares-Urrútia, 1997 *

Holotype: EBRG 3284 .

Terra typica: “ Cerro Socopó , cerca de 30 km (por carretera) al SO de Guajiro , Municipio Mauroa, Estado Falcón, Venezuela, cerca de 1,250 m.”

Distribution: Region 2. Known only from type locality.

Remarks: Despite recent efforts to find it, Leptodactylus magistris seems to have suffered a severe decline. No new information since its description. Considered Critically Endangered by the Venezuelan Red Book (La Marca et al. 2015). In Leptodactylus melanonotus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Mijares-Urrútia (1997); De Sá et al. (2014); La Marca et al. (2015).