Pseudis paradoxa (Linnaeus 1758)

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 : 81-82

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).