Epipedobates espinosai

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: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Colostethinae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: Epipedobates espinosai

Name

Epipedobates espinosai (Funkhouser, 1956)

Type locality: "Hacienda Espinosa, elevation about 1,000 ft., 9 km. west of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Province of Pichincha, northwestern Ecuador".

Holotype: CAS-SU 10577.

Synonyms

• Phyllobates espinosai Funkhouser, 1956
• Dendrobates espinosai — Myers, Daly & Malkin, 1978
• Epipedobates espinosai — Myers, 1987
• Ameerega espinosai — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Funkhouser, 1956, Zoologica, New York, 41: 76.
• Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 303.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Epipedobates espinosai . Accessed on 24 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Epipedobates espinosai  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 24 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Espinosa Poison Frog