Epipedobates currulao

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea

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

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Colostethinae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: Epipedobates currulao

Name

Epipedobates currulao Betancourth-Cundar, Ríos-Orjuela, Crawford, Cannatella & Tarvin, 2025: 146

• Holotype: ANDES A-5255, ♀, collected by Rebecca D. Tarvin, Mileydi Betancourth-Cundar and Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela on 6 August 2022.
• Type locality: “Colombia; Ladrilleros, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca; 3.945221, −77.364993; 28 m. a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Betancourth-Cundar, M., Ríos-Orjuela, J.C., Crawford, A.J., Cannatella, D.C. & Tarvin, R.D. 2025. Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests. ZooKeys 1226: 139–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1226.123803 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Currulao Nurse Frog