Leptodactylus riveroi Heyer and Pyburn, 1983

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 : 97

Leptodactylus riveroi Heyer and Pyburn, 1983

Holotype: USNM 232400 .

Type locality: “ Colombia, Vaupés, Timbó , 01°06’S, 70°01’W, elevation 170 m.”

Distribution: Region 4. Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil. In Venezuela, riverine lowlands of Amazonas State.

Remarks: Leptodactylus rhodomystax was erroneously reported from Venezuela ( Rivero 1961, 1968e) based on specimens of L. riveroi . In Leptodactylus melanonotus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Rivero (1968e); Heyer and Pyburn (1983); Lima (1992); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Lynch and Vargas-Ramírez (2000); Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carías (2008); De Sá et al. (2014).