Leptodactylus rhodomystax Boulenger, 1884

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 : 95-97

Leptodactylus rhodomystax Boulenger, 1884

Lectotype: BMNH 1947.12.17. 81.

Type locality: “Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, (Loreto) Northern Peru.”

Distribution: Region 5. Amazonian Region of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil. In Venezuela, only La Escalera, Bolívar State ( Camargo et al. 2014).

Remarks: First mention in Venezuela is by Rivero (1961), who was not sure if it was a new species ( Rivero 1968e), but decided to use this name. Later Heyer and Pyburn (1983) described the taxon referred by Rivero (1968e) as a new species ( Leptodactylus riveroi ). Gorzula and Señaris (1998) confused a large specimen of L. guianensis (as L. bolivianus ) with L. rhodomystax . De Sá et al. (2014) indicate a locality in Venezuela, but no voucher or locality data are mentioned. Camargo et al. (2014) provide the first voucher for the country. In Leptodactylus pentadactylus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Rivero (1968e); Heyer (1979, 2005); Heyer and Pyburn (1983); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Camargo et al. (2014); De Sá et al. (2014).