Osteocephalus leprieurii (Dumeril and Bibron 1841)

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 : 77-78

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scientific name	Osteocephalus leprieurii (Dumeril and Bibron 1841)
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Osteocephalus leprieurii (Dumeril and Bibron 1841) View in CoL

Holotype: MNHNP 4629 View Materials .

Type locality: “Cayenne,” French Guiana.

Distribution: Regions 4, 5. Widely distributed in Guiana Shield ( Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). In Venezuela, known from several localities in Amazonas and Bolívar States.

Remarks: In Osteocephalus leprieurii species group ( Jungfer et al. 2013). Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai Gorzula and Señaris, 1997 is a junior synonym ( Jungfer and Hödl 2002).

Selected references: Rivero (1971a); Trueb and Duellman (1971); Gorzula and Señaris (1996, 1998); Duellman (1997); Barrio and Fuentes (2000a); Jüngfer and Hödl (2002); Señaris et al. (2009, 2014); Jungfer et al. (2013).

References

Barrio CL, Fuentes O. 2000 a. Geographic distribution (Anura): Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai. Herpetological Review 31: 182.

Duellman WE. 1997. Amphibians of La Escalera region, Southeastern Venezuela: taxonomy, ecology and biogeography. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 2: 1 - 52.

Gorzula S, Senaris JC. 1996. Una nueva especie del genero Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) de la Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 16: 19 - 22.

Gorzula S, Senaris JC. 1998. Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I. A data base. Scientia Guaianae 8: 1 - 267.

Jungfer KH, Hodl W. 2002. A new species of Osteocephalus from Ecuador and a redescription of O. leprieurii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Hylidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 23: 21 - 46.

Jungfer KH, Faivovich J, Padial JM, Castroviejo-Fisher S, Lyra M, Berneck BVM, Iglesias PP, Kok PJR, MacCulloch RD, Rodrigues MT, et al. 2013. Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42: 351 - 380.

Rivero JA. 1971 a. Tres nuevos records y una nueva especie de anfibios de Venezuela. Caribbean Journal of Science 2: 1 - 9.

Trueb L, Duellman WE. 1971. A synopsis of Neotropical hylid frogs, genus Osteocephalus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 1: 1 - 47.