Leptodactylus insularum Barbour, 1906

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 : 91

Leptodactylus insularum Barbour, 1906

Lectotype: MCZ 2424 .

Type locality: “Saboga island,” Bahía de Panamá, Panamá.

Distribution: Regions 2, 3, 4, 6. From Costa Rica in Central America through Panamá and Colombia (incl. San Andrés Island) to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. In Venezuela, common in lowlands north of Orinoco River.

Remarks: Considered a synonym of Leptodactylus bolivianus by Heyer (1968) and Savage (2002); Rivero (1967a,c) found important differences, e.g., one spine on thumb in L. bolivianus , vs. two in L. insularum . Barrio-Amorós (1998, 2004) differentiated between insularum north of Orinoco and bolivianus to the south. Heyer and De Sá (2011) resolved the question. In Leptodactylus latrans species group of De Sá et al. (2014).

Selected references: Sexton (1962); Rivero (1967a,c); Heyer (1968); Bogart (1974); Rivero et al. (1986); Manzanilla et al. (1995); Savage (2002); Tárano (2010); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); Heyer and De Sá (2011); De Sá et al. (2014).