Heyer, W. R. 1983. Clarification of the names Rana mystacea Spix, 1824, Leptodactylys amazonicus Heyer, 1978 and a description of a new species, Leptodactylus spixi (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). 96 (2): 270.
Type Status:
Paratype
Place:
Saca de Sao Francisco, Nictheroy (= Niteroi), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America