Hyloxalus spilotogaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrobatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 spilotogaster

Name

Hyloxalus spilotogaster (Duellman, 2004)

• Holotype: LSUMNS 39341, adult ♀, collected by Thomas S. Schulenberg on 17 October 1978.
• Type locality: “west slope of the Cordillera Coln [sic], SE of La Peca, 8500 ft (- 2326 m) (ca. 05°37′S, 78°21′W). Provincia de Utcubamba, Departamento de Amazonas, Peru”.

Combinations

• Colostethus spilotogaster Duellman, 2004: 37 [original combination]
• Hyloxalus spilotogaster — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006: 168 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duellman, W.E. 2004. Frogs of the genus Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in the Andes of northern Peru. Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 35: 1–49. 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. 2018. IUCN: Hyloxalus spilotogaster  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T185801A89223306. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T185801A89223306.en. Accessed on 20 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Coln Rocket Frog