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 298067 10.5281/zenodo.11404264 7eabb3cb-039d-4906-b7a4-6de4d0d47294 1525-9153 11404264 Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890 Holotype : BMNH 1947.2.17. 28 (formerly 89.12.16.168). Type locality:Colombia .” Distribution: Region 3, 6. Caribbean lowlands of Colombia and Venezuela . In Venezuela , distribution is in the northwestern portion of the country (Maracaibo Lake Basin, Falcón and Lara States), with a disjunct population in the surroundings of Puerto Ayacucho, southeast of the Orinoco River in Amazonas State . 43. Hyalinobatrachium mesai . Male. Southern slope of Sarisariñama tepui , Bolivar. Photo: Mark Moffett. 44. Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii . Male. Salto Río Lindo, Sierra de Imataca, Delta Amacuro. Photo: Fernando Rojas-Runjaic. 45. Hyalinobatrachium orientale . Male. Macuro, Península de Paria, Sucre. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 46. Hyalinobatrachium orocostale . Cerro Platillón, Guárico. Photo: Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher. 47A. Hyalinobatrachium aff. pallidum . Male. San Isidro, Barinas. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 47B. Hyalinobatrachium pallidum . Male. Quebrada La Rana , south of Santa Cruz de Mora, Mérida. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 48A. Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi . Male. Río Frío, Mérida. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 48B. Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi . Female. Ipika, Tokuko river basin, Sierra de Perijá, Zulia. Photo: Fernando Rojas-Runjaic. 49. Hyalinobatrachium taylori . Female. Quebrada de Jaspe, Gran Sabana, Bolivar. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 50A. Ceratophrys calcarata . Puerto Nuevo, Falcón. Photo: César Barrio-Amorós. 50B. Ceratophrys calcarata . Falcón. Photo: Edward Camargo. 50C. Ceratophrys calcarata . Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas. Photo: Zelimir Cernelic. Remarks: Faivovich et al. (2014) recovered the phylogenetic relationships of the family Ceratophryidae , placing Ceratophrys calcarata as a sister species of C. cornuta . Selected references: Boulenger (1890) ; Lutz (1927) ; Ginés (1959) ; Rivero (1961 , 1964b ); Lynch (1982) ; La Marca (1986 , 1995a ); Mijares-Urrútia and Arends (1993) ; Frost et al. (2006) ; Faivovich et al. (2014) .