Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation Author Barrio-Amorós, César L. Fundación AndígenA, Apartado Postal 210, Mérida, VENEZUELA & Current address: Doc Frog Expeditions, Uvita de Osa, COSTA RICA cesarlba@yahoo.com Author Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Apartado Postal 1930, Caracas 1010 - A, VENEZUELA & Current address: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Río Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Av. Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619 - 900, BRAZIL rojas_runjaic@yahoo.com Author Señaris, J. Celsa Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Altos de Pipe, apartado 20632, Caracas 1020, VENEZUELA celsisenaris@gmail.com text Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2019 e 180 2019-07-14 13 1 1 198 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11404264 1525-9153 11404264 Leptodactylus petersii ( Steindachner 1864 ) Holotype : Lost; formerly in the NMW . Type locality: “Marabitanas,” Amazonas, Brazil . Distribution: Regions 4, 5. Widely distributed in Amazon Region ( Venezuela , Colombia , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Guyana , Suriname , and French Guiana) south to the Cerrado in central Brazil . Two recent confirmed records for Venezuelain southern part of Amazonas State and eastern border of Bolívar State. Remarks : In Leptodactylus melanonotus species group sensu De Sá et al. (2014) . Sister taxon of L. leptodactyloides . Records of specimens in Venezuelan museum indicates widespread in lowlands of almost all the country, but many specimens could be other species of Leptodactylus melanonotus group; species identification in this group is very challenging. The map in De Sá et al. (2014) is misplaced with that of Leptodactylus pascoensis and only shows two localities in southern Venezuela . Selected references : Ginés (1959) ; Rivero (1963 c , 1964a-d, 1971b); Heatwole et al. (1965) ; Heyer (1994); Duellman (1997) ; Tárano (2010) ; De Sá et al. (2014) ; Señaris et al. (2014) .