Hyloxalus betancuri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Superfamilia: Dendrobatoidea

Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Hyloxalinae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species: Hyloxalus betancuri

Name

Hyloxalus betancuri (Rivero & Serna, 1991)

• Holotype: MHNCSJ 2372.
• Type locality: “Antadó, municipio de Ituango, 1450 m, Antioquia, Colombia”.

Combinations

• Colostethus betancuri Rivero & Serna, 1991: 492 [original combination]
• Hyloxalus betancuri — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006: 168 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rivero, J.A. & Serna, M.A. 1991. Tres nuevas especies de Colostethus (Anfibia [sic], Dendrobatidae) de Colombia. Trianea 4: 481–495.
• Grant, T., Frost, D.R., Caldwell, J.P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C.F.B., Kok, P.J.R., Means, D.B., Noonan, B.P., Schargel, W.E. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1–262. hdl: 2246/5803 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Hyloxalus betancuri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T55053A85896032. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55053A85896032.en. Accessed on 19 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Ituango Rocket Frog