Hyloscirtus lynchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Hyloscirtus lynchi (Ruiz-Carranza & Ardila-Robayo, 1991)

Holotype: ICN 15202, adult ♀, collected by J.D. Lynch on 17 August 1986.
Type locality: “Colombia, Santander: límites de los municipios de Tona y Piedecuesta, vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Oriental, km 37 Bucaramanga a Pamplona, 7°6′ latitud Norte, 73°0′ W. Greenwich, 2700 m alt.”

Hyla lynchi Ruiz-Carranza & Ardila-Robayo, 1991: 337 [original combination]
Hyloscirtus lynchi — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005: 85 [subsequent combination]
Boana lynchi — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson & Reeder, 2005: 84 [subsequent combination by implication]

Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. & Ardila-Robayo, M.C. 1991. Una nueva especie de Hyla del grupo bogotensis (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia. Caldasia 16: 337–342. JSTOR
Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. IUCN: Hyloscirtus lynchi (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T55546A85901655. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T55546A85901655.en. Accessed on 19 March 2026.