Hyloxalus faciopunctulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea

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 Superfamilia: Dendrobatoidea

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

Name

Hyloxalus faciopunctulatus (Rivero, 1991)

• Holotype: MCZ 94751, adult ♂, collected by R. Bleiweiss on 19 July 1977.
• Type locality: “Puerto Nariño (3°46′N, 71°23′W, 15 km W. of Leticia), Departamento Amazonas, Colombia”.

Combinations

• Colostethus faciopunctulatus Rivero, 1991: 23 [original combination]
• Hyloxalus faciopunctulatus — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006: 168 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rivero, J.A. 1991. New Colostethus (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae) from South America. Breviora 493: 1–28. BHL
• 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 faciopunctulatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T55079A85893124. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T55079A85893124.en. Accessed on 20 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Puerto Narino Rocket Frog