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This afternoon my wife tried to play a green 8 on top of a red 2 in Uno.
Obviously a mistake on her part and I could find nothing in the rules to suggest that there was a penalty so we allowed her to withdraw the green 8 and play another card.
The rules do state that a Wild Draw 4 play can be challenged, but no other misplays are called out that I saw.
Is anyone aware of this situation being covered, perhaps in a previous ruleset, or maybe I'm just overlooking it (It's been known to happen!)
The penalty for misplaying a card, is that now your opponents know you have that card in your hand. Besides that though, the official rules (2003) state the penalty (among other listed penalties):
If a player plays a wrong card and it is noticed by any other player, he/she must take the card back and take two extra cards from the DRAW pile. Play continues with the next player in turn.
It appears as if the penalty section was removed from the 2008 printing.
and it is noticed by any other player - half the fun of Uno is cheating :)