Leptodactylus validus Garman, 1888

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 validus Garman, 1888

Lectotype: MCZ A-71920.

Type locality: “Kingston, St. Vincent,” Lesser Antilles.

Distribution: Regions, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Widely distributed in lowland Venezuela, north and south of Orinoco River.

Remarks: Includes all previous references for Leptodactylus podicipinus , L. wagneri , and L. pallidirostris from Venezuela. Synonymy by Yanek et al. (2006). In melanonotus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1963 c, 1964a-d, 1968e); Heatwole et al. (1965); Rivero and Esteves (1969); Bogart (1974); Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979); Rivero et al. (1986); Donnelly and Myers (1991); Heyer (1994); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Yanek et al. (2006); Camargo et al. (2009); De Sá et al. (2014).