Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896

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 : 89

Family Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 (1838)

Remarks: This family has undergone a massive change of its member taxa since the widespread use of molecular data. Prior to 2004, the nomenclature was quite stable, but Darst and Cannatella (2004) demonstrated Leptodactylidae to be paraphyletic. After several revisions of the major clades of Amphibia ( Frost et al. 2006; Grant et al. 2006; Pyron and Wiens 2011; De Sá et al. 2014), it is now mostly restricted to the old Leptodactylinae plus Leiuperinae and Paratelmatobiinae.