Pseudis paradoxa (Linnaeus 1758)

Syntypes: MHRM 114–148 .

Type locality: Surinam.

Distribution: Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Widely distributed from northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) throughout Brazil to Peru and Bolivia. In Venezuela, in lowlands of Maracaibo Lake Basin, Llanos, Guayana, and Delta of the Orinoco.

Remarks: Gallardo (1961) described different taxa (subspecies) of P. paradoxa based mainly on chromatic and biogeographic characters. None of them are regarded currently as valid (Garda et al. 2010).

Selected references: Lutz (1927); Ginés (1959); Gallardo (1961); Rivero (1961, 1964a); Heatwole et al. (1965); Rivero and Esteves (1969); Staton and Dixon (1977); Hoogmoed and Gorzula (1979); Gremone et al. (1986); Ramo and Busto (1989, 1990); Barrio (1996a); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Rojas-Runjaic et al. (2005); Aguiar et al. (2007); Garda et al. (2010); Tárano (2010).