Physalaemus fischeri ( Boulenger 1890 )

Physalaemus fischeri ( Boulenger 1890) View in CoL

Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.18. 28.

Type locality: “ Venezuela.”

Distribution: Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela. Widespread in Northern Venezuela ( Cojedes, Guárico, Barinas, and Apure States), and scattered to south of Orinoco River ( Amazonas and Bolívar States).

Remarks: Physalaemus enesefae Heatwole, Solano and Heatwole, 1965 is a junior synonym of P. fischeri . However, P. fisheri lacks a specific type locality and is likely a species complex ( Tárano and Ryan 2002; Lourenço et al. 2015). Its complex call is well-studied ( Tárano 2001, 2002, 2010; Tárano and Herrera 2003; Tárano and Ryan 2002). In Physalaemus cuvieri species group of Lourenço et al. (2015).

Selected references: Boulenger (1890); Parker (1927); Rivero (1961, 1967a); Heatwole et al. (1965); La Marca (1992); Duellman (1997); Gorzula and Señaris (1998); Tárano (2002, 2003, 2010); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b); Señaris et al. (2014).