Boana calcarata (Troschel 1848)

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 : 63

Boana calcarata (Troschel 1848)

Holotype: Not designated and probably lost.

Type locality: “ British Guiana.”

Distribution: Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, and French Guiana. Widespread in Southern Venezuela, in Amazonas, Bolívar, and Delta Amacuro.

Remarks: Regions 4, 5. Caminer and Ron (2014) reviewed the species and allies from the Upper Amazon, especially Ecuador. They doubted the identity of Colombian and Venezuelan samples despite the fact they were well documented (Barrio-Amorós 1998; Señaris and Barrio 2002). In the Boana albopunctata species group ( Faivovich et al. 2005).

Selected references: Duellman (1973); Donnelly and Myers (1991); Señaris and Barrio (2002); Señaris and Ayarzagüena (2004 “2002”); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b).