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LIST OF AMPHIBIANS OF FRENCH GUIANA

updated 2022-07-30
Note on the update: I added Leptodactylus fremitus and changed Pristimantis sp1 to Pristimantis crepitaculus. References: Carvalho et al. (2022) and Fouquet et al. (2022).

French Guiana currently houses 109 nominal species of anurans and 10 species of gymnophionas. I present on this page the list of the  species that are known to occur in this country. This list was made out of the following references:

Boistel, R., Massary, J.-C. de and Angulo, A. (2006). Description of a new species of the genus Adenomera (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from French Guiana.  Acta herpetologica, 1: 1-14.

Brown, J.L., Twomey, E., Amézquita, A., Barbosa de Souza, M., Caldwell, J.P., Lötters, S., Von May, R., Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Mejía-Vargas, D., Perez-Peña, P., Pepper, M., Poelman, E.H., Sanchez-Rodriguez, M. and Summers, K. (2011). A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae). Zootaxa 3083: 1-120.

Carvalho, T.R., Fouquet, A., Lyra, M.L., Giaretta, A.A., Costa-Campos, C.E., Rodrigues, M.T., Haddad, C.F.B. and Ron, S. (2022). Species diversity and systematics of the Leptodactylus melanonotus group (Anura, Leptodactylidae): review of diagnostic traits and a new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield. Systematics and Biodiversity, 20 (1): 2089269.


Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Vilà, C., Ayarzagüena, J., Blanc, M. and Ernst, R. (2011). Species diversity of Hyalinobatrachium glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) from the Guiana Shield, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 3132: 1-55.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2013). Centrolene ritae Lutz is a senior synonym of Cochranella oyampiensis Lescure and Cochranella ametarsia Flores (Anura: Centrolenidae). Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierias. Seccion B. Quito 5: B1-B4.

de Sa, R.O., Streicher, J.W., Sekonyela, R., Forlani, M.C., Loader, S.P., Greenbaum, E., Richards, S. and Haddad, C.F. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) with emphasis on relationships among New World genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12 (1): 241. - click for pdf

Dubois, A., (2017). The nomenclatural status of Hysplesia, Hylaplesia, Dendrobates and related nomina (Amphibia, Anura), with general comments on zoological nomenclature and its governance, as well as on taxonomic databases and websites. Bionomina, 11: 1-48.

Duellman, W.E., Marion, A.B. and Hedges, B. (2016). Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae). Zootaxa, 4104 (1): 1-109.

Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. and Wheeler, W.C. (2005). Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 1-240. - click for pdf

Fouquet, A., Gaucher, P., Blanc, M. and Velez-Rodriguez, C.M. (2007). Description of two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the lowlands of the Guiana shield. Zootaxa 1663: 17-32. - click for pdf

Fouquet, A., Dubut, V., Hataway, R.A., Scotti-Saintagne, C., Scotti, I. and Noonan, B.P. (2009). Isolation and characterisation of 19 microsatellite loci from the Amazonian frog Adenomera andreae (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 1(1): 217-220.

Fouquet, A., Dewynter, M., Gaucher, P., Blanc, M., Marty, C., Rodrigues, M.T. and Ernst, R. (2011). New records and geographic distribution map of Adenomera heyeri Boistel, de Massary and Angulo, 2006 (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Check List 7(5): 601-605. - click for pdf

Fouquet, A., Recoder, R., Teixeira, M., Cassimiro Da Silva, J., Amaro, R.C; Camacho Guerrero, A., Damasceno, R., Carnaval, A.C., Moritz, C. and Rodrigues, M.T. (2012). Amazonella Fouquet et al., 2012 (Anura: Bufonidae) junior homonym of Amazonella Lundblad, 1931 (Acari:Unionicolidae): proposed replacement by Amazophrynella nom. nov. Zootaxa 3244: 68.

Fouquet, A., Recoder R., Teixeira M., Cassimiro Da Silva J., Amaro R.C; Camacho Guerrero A., Damasceno R., Carnaval A.C., Moritz C. & Rodrigues M.T. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and morphometric analyses reveal deep divergence between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest species of Dendrophryniscus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,62: 826–838.

Fouquet, A.,  Martinez, Q., Courtois, E.A., Dewynter, M., Pineau, K., Gaucher, P., Blanc, M., Marty, C. and Kok, P.J.R. (2013). A new species of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia, Craugastoridae) associated with the moderately elevated massifs of French Guiana. Zootaxa, 3750 (5): 569-586.

Fouquet, A., Orrico, V.G.D., Ernst, R., Blanc, M., Martinez, Q., Vacher, J.-P., Rodrigues, M.T., Ouboter, P., Jairam, R. and Ron, S. (2015). A new Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Hylidae) of the parviceps group from the lowlands of the Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 4052 (1): 39-64.

Fouquet, A., Martinez, Q., Zeidler, L., Courtois, E.A., Gaucher, P., Blanc, M., Lima, J.D., Souza, S.M., Rodrigues, M.T. and Kok, P.J.R. (2016). Cryptic diversity in the Hypsiboas semilineatus species group (Amphibia, Anura) with the description of a new species from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 4084 (1): 79-104.

Fouquet, A., Vacher, J.-P., Courtois, E.A., Villette, B., Reizine, H., Gaucher, P., Jairam, R., Ouboter, P. and Kok, P.J.R. (2018). On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae). Zootaxa, 4379 (1): 1-23.

Fouquet, A., Marinho, P., Réjaud, A., Carvalho, T.R., Caminer, M.A., Jansen, M., Rainha, R.N., Rodrigues, M.T., Werneck, F.P., Lima, A.P., Hrbek, T., Giaretta, A.A., Venegas, P.J., Chavez, G. and Ron, S. (2021). Systematics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group (Anura: Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia. Systematics and Biodiversity, 0 (0): 1-38.


Fouquet, A., Peloso, P., Jairam, R., Lima, A.P., Mônico, A.T., Ernst, R. and Kok, P.J.R. (2022). Back from the deaf: integrative taxonomy revalidates an earless and mute species, Hylodes granducolis van Lidth de Jeude, 1904, and confirms a new species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield. SOrganisms Diversity & Evolution.

Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., De Sa, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. and Wheeler, W.C. (2006). The Amphian Tree of Life. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 1-370. - click for pdf

Grant, T., Frost, D.R., Caldwell, J., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C.F., Kok, P.J.R., Means, D.B., Noonan, B.P., Schargel, W.E. and Wheeler, W.C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299: 1-262. - click for pdf

Guayasamin, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Trueb, L., Ayarzagüena, J., Rada, M. and Vila, C. (2009). Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa, 2100: 1-97.

Hedges, S.B., Duellman, W.E. and Heinicke, M. (2008). New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootoxa, 1737: 1-182.

Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E. and Hedges, S.B. (2007). Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated byancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,104 (24): 10092-10097. - click for pdf

Heyer, W.R. and de Sá, R.O. (2011). Variaton, systematics, and relationships of the Leptodactylus bolivianus complex (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 635: 1-58.

Jairam, R. and Fouquet, A. (2018).First records of Leptodactylus nesiotus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) for Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Herpetology Notes, 11: 997-999.

Jungfer, K.-H., Faivovich, J., Padial, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Lyra, M.M., V. M. Berneck, B., Iglesias, P.P., Kok, P.J.R., MacCulloch, R.D., Rodrigues, M.T., Verdade, V.K., Torres Gastello, C.P., Chaparro, J.C., Valdujo, P.H., Reichle, S., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Ernst, R., De la Riva, I., Means, D.B., Lima, A.P., Señaris, J.C., Wheeler, W.C. and Haddad, C.F.B. (2013). Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta, 42: 351-380.

Kok, P.J.R. and Castroviejo-Fisher, S. (2008). Glassfrogs (Anura: Centrolenidae) of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana, with notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some species of the family in the Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 1680: 25-53.

Kok, P., MacCulloch, R., Gaucher, P., Poelman, E., Bourne, G., Lathrop, A. and Lenglet, G. (2006). A new species of Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from French Guiana with a redescription of Colostethus beebei (Noble, 1923) from its type locality. Phyllomedusa, 5 (1): 43-66.

Kok, P.J.R., Dezfoulian, R., Means, D.B., Fouquet, A. and Barrio-Amorós, C.L. (2018). Amended diagnosis and redescription of Pristimantis marmoratus (Boulenger, 1900) (Amphibia: Craugastoridae), with a description of its advertisement call and notes on its breeding ecology, and phylogenetic relationships. European Journal of Taxonomy, 397: 1-30.

Lavilla, E.O., Langone, J.A., Padial, J.M. and de Sá, R.O. (2010). The identity of the crackling luminescent frog of Suriname (Rana typhonia Linnaeus, 1758) (Amphibia, Anura). Zootaxa, 2671: 17-30

Lescure, J. and Marty, C. (2000). Atlas des Amphibiens de Guyane. Patrimoines naturels 45, MNHN, Paris, 390 p.

Maciel, A.O. and Hoogmoed, M.S. (2018). A new species of Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from French Guiana. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Ciencias Naturais. 13: 13-18.

Marty, C., Lebailly, M., Gaucher, P., Tostain, O., Dewynter, M., Blanc, M. and Fouquet, A. (2013). Report on the occurrence of Dendropsophus leali (Bokermann, 1964) (Anura; Hylidae) in French Guiana. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France, 148 : 419-424.

Narvaes, P. and Rodrigues, T. (2009). Taxonomic revision of Rhinella granulosa species group (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), with description of a new species. Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo, 40 (1): 1-73. - click for pdf

Orrico, V.G.D., Nunes, I., Mattedi, C., Fouquet, A., Lemos, A.W., Rivera-Correa, M., Lyra M.L., Loebmann, D., Pimenta, B.V.S., Caramaschi, U., Rodrigues, M.T.     and Haddad, C.F.B. (2017). Integrative taxonomy supports the existence of two distinct species within Hypsiboas crepitans (Anura: Hylidae). Salamandra 53 (1): 99-113.

Peloso, P.L.V., Sturaro, M.J., Forlani, M.C., Gaucher, P., Motta, A.P. and Wheeler, W.C. (2014). Phylogeny, taxonomic revision, and character evolution of the genera Chiasmocleis and Syncope (Anura, Microhylidae) in Amazonia, with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 386: 1-112.

Roberts, J.L., Brown, J.L., von May, R., Arizabal, W., Schulte, R. and Summers, K. (2006). Genetic divergence and speciation in lowland and montane peruvian poison frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41 : 149-164.

Rojas, R., Fouquet, A., Ron, S.R., Hernandez-Ruz, E.J., Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Chaparro, J.C., Vogt, R.C., de Carvalho, V.C., Pinheiro, L.C., Avila, R.W., Farias, I.P., Gordo, M. and Hrbek, T. (2018). A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae). Peer J., 6: e4941.

I also regularly check the webpage "Amphibian species of the World 6.0, an online reference", and "amphibiaweb", the two best resources for worldwide amphibians on the web.

I will try to keep this page updated when new species are described and taxonomic revisions are published. All the photographs used to illustrate this list were taken on the field, during various field trips in French Guiana that I undertook since 1995. Some pictures are scans from slides, so the photo quality is not very good, others are digital photographs. Click on the picture to see it in higher resolution.

Thanx to Antoine Fouquet and Maël Dewynter for providing me with informations about the nomenclature and identification of some amphibians presented here.