Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi

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 jacobuspetersi

Name

Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi (Rivero, 1991)

• Holotype: USNM 282893.
• Type locality: “Quito, Barrio Villa Flora, S. part of the city, 2800 m, Provincia de Pichincha”, Ecuador

Combinations

• Colostethus jacobuspetersi Rivero, 1991: 2 [original combination]
• Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi — Santos, Baquero, Barrio-Amorós, Coloma, Erdtmann, Lima & Cannatella, 2014 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Colostethus torrenticola Rivero, 1991: 4 [synonymised by Coloma (1995: 35)]

References

Primary references

• Rivero, J.A. 1991. New Ecuadorian Colostethus (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Caribbean Journal of Science 27: 1–22.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Hyloxalus jacobuspetersi  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55098A98645332. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55098A98645332.en. Accessed on 20 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Quito Rocket Frog