Leptodactylus fuscus (Schneider 1799)

Neotype: MNHNP 680.

Type locality: Not designated. Neotype from “ Surinam.”

Distribution: Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Widespread in lowlands from Panama through South America to east of Andes (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern extreme of Argentina). In Venezuela, widely distributed in lowlands throughout country, including Margarita Island.

Remarks: A complex of species. In Leptodactylus fuscus species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1964a-d, 1967a); Heatwole et al. (1965); Tello (1968); Bogart (1974); Staton and Dixon (1977); Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979); Péfaur and Díaz De Pascual (1987); Solano (1987a,b); Ramo and Busto (1989, 1990); Magdefrau et al. (1991); Manzanilla et al. (1995); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Barrio-Amorós (2010a); Tárano (2010); Ugueto and Rivas-Fuenmayor (2010); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); De Sá et al. (2014); Señaris et al. (2014).