Teratohyla spinosa

Teratohyla spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Centrolenidae
Subfamilia: Centroleninae
Tribus: Cochranellini
Genus: Teratohyla
Species: Teratohyla spinosa

Name

Teratohyla spinosa (Taylor, 1949)

• Holotype: KU 23809, adult ♂, collected by Richard C. Taylor and Edward H. Taylor on 7 September 1947.
• Type locality: “Los Diamantes, one mile south of Guápiles, [Cantón de Pococí, Provincia Limón,] Costa Rica”.

Combinations

• Centrolenella spinosa Taylor, 1949: 259 [original combination]
• Teratohyla spinosa — Taylor, 1951: 35 [subsequent combination]
• Centrolenella spinosa — Savage, 1967: 328 [subsequent combination]
• Cochranella spinosa — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991: 23 [subsequent combination]
• Teratohyla spinosa — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009: 37 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1949. Costa Rican Frogs of the Genera Centrolene and Centrolenella. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 pt. I(4): 257–270. BHL Reference page. 
• Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. & Lynch, J.D. 1991. Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia I. Propuesta de una nueva clasificación genérica. Lozania 57: 1–30. Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M, Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Trueb, L., Ayarzagüena, J., Rada, M. & Vilà, C. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa 2100(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., McDiarmid, R.W., Peña, P. & Hutter, C.R. 2020. Glassfrogs of Ecuador: Diversity, evolution, and conservation. Diversity 12(222): 1–285. DOI: 10.3390/d12060222 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Teratohyla spinosa  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T54996A54342777. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T54996A54342777.en. Accessed on 28 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Minute Spiny Glassfrog
español: Rana de Cristal espinosa