Eupsophus septentrionalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Alsodidae
Genus: Eupsophus
Species: Eupsophus septentrionalis

Name

Eupsophus septentrionalis Ibarra-Vidal, Ortíz & Torres-Pérez, 2004: 93

• Holotype: MZUC 27650, adult ♂, collected by H. Ibarra-Vidal on 17 February 1999.
• Type locality: “Reserva Nacional Los Queules (36°06′S, 72°50′W), VII Región”, Chile.

Synonyms

• Eupsophus queulensis Veloso, Celis-Díez, Guerrero, Méndez, Iturra & Simonetti, 2005: 160 [synonymised by Blotto, Nuñez, Basso, Úbeda, Wheeler & Faivovich (2013: 117)]

References

Primary references

• Ibarra-Vidal, H., Ortíz, J.C. & Torres-Pérez, F. 2004. Eupsophus septentrionalis n. sp., nueva especie de Leptodactylidae (Amphibia) de Chile central. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 75: 91–102. Reference page. 
• Veloso, A., Celis-Díez, J.L., Guerrero, P.C., Méndez, M.A., Iturra, P. & Simonetti, J.A. 2005. Description of a new Eupsophus species (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) from the remnants of Maulino forest, central Chile. Herpetological Journal 15(3): 159–165. PDF Reference page. 
• Blotto, B.L., Nuñez, J.J., Basso, N.G., Úbeda, C.A., Wheeler, W.C. & Faivovich, J. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus. Cladistics 29(2): 113–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Correa, C., Vásquez, D., Castro-Carrasco, C., Zúñiga-Reinoso, A., Ortíz, J.C. & Palma, R.E. 2017. Species delimitation in frogs from South American temperate forests: The case of Eupsophus, a taxonomically complex genus with high phenotypic variation. PLoS One 12(8): e0181026. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181026 Reference page. 
• Suárez-Villota, E.Y., Quercia, C.A., Díaz, L.M., Vera-Sovier, V. & Nuñez, J.J. 2018. Speciation in a biodiversity hotspot: Phylogenetic relationships, species delimitation, and divergence times of Patagonian ground frogs from the Eupsophus roseus group (Alsodidae). PLoS One 13(12): e0204968. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204968 Reference page. 
• Correa, C. & Durán, F. 2019. Taxonomy, systematics and geographic distribution of ground frogs (Alsodidae, Eupsophus): a comprehensive synthesis of the last six decades of research. Zookeys 863: 107–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.863.35484 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Eupsophus septentrionalis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T179289183A202636094. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T179289183A202636094.en Accessed on 05 October 2025.