INTRODUCTION 



Until 1985, when Darrel Frost published the Catalogue of the 

 Amphibians Species of de World, no comprehensive list of 

 amphibians of Peru existed. Now, Rodriguez et al . (1993) have 

 plublished a preliminary list of Amphibians from Peru with 

 species distribution in ecological regions. Herein, I list all 

 the species of amphibians reported from Peru and annotations on 

 some species listed for Rodriguez et al . (op. cit.). 

 The present list contains the following (family/genus/species): 

 in Gymnophiona: 5/6/16, in Caudata: 1/1/3, and in Anura: 

 9/44/298, the total is 15/51/316. Taxa are listed alphabetically 

 by family, genus, and species. 



The bibliography includes only those papers in which the 

 species listed herein were described. A list of all Peruvian 

 herpetof aunal works and a list of Peruvian reptiles will be 

 published by the author in the near future. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



I thank the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad 

 Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, U.S.A.; the National Museum of Natural History, 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. and Carlos Arias from 

 the Universidad Ricardo Palma, Peru, for their help in the 

 preparation of this list. I am also undepted to David C. 

 Cannatella, William E. Duellman, Roy W. McDiarmid, Juan A. 

 Rivero, Belisario Cepeda, Jose A. Cedeno and Carlos Santos for 

 their comments and help. 



