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

Osteocephalus leprieurii (Dumeril and Bibron 1841)

Holotype: MNHNP 4629 .

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).