Leptodactylus lithonaetes Heyer, 1995
Leptodactylus lithonaetes Heyer, 1995, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 108: 708. Holotype: AMNH 100656, by original designation. Type locality: "Venezuela: Amazonas, SW sector Cerro Yapacana, 600 m, 3° 57′ N, 67° 00′ W".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
South-central Colombia (Amazonas and Guainía) east into Venezuela to the west of the Serranía de Maigualida.
Comment
Not assigned to species group, but most likely to be confused with Leptodactylus syphax and some Leptodactylus rugosus, according to the original publication. Reviewed by Heyer and Heyer, 2001, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 723: 1-3. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 44, commented on confusion in the identifications of Venezuelan specimens.
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