Leptodactylus mystaceus ( Spix 1824 )

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 : 95

Leptodactylus mystaceus ( Spix 1824)

Lectotipe: ZSM 2504/0.

Type locality: Restricted to “Solimões,” Brazil, by lectotype designation .

Distribution: Regions 4, 5. Widely distributed in Amazon Basin and northern portion of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. In Venezuela, widespread south of Orinoco River. Localities north of Orinoco must be reviewed, probably a new species.

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

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964b, 1968e); Roze (1964); Heatwole et al. (1965); Bogart (1974); Heyer (1978, 1983); Rivero et al. (1986); La Marca (1992); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); De Sá et al. (2014); Señaris et al. (2014).