Ecnomiohyla miliaria (Cope, 1886)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Ecnomiohyla miliaria
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Open encyclopedia reference
Cope's brown treefrog or fringe-limbed treefrog (Ecnomiohyla miliaria) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Cope's brown treefrog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:00:52.889054+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ecnomiohyla miliaria (Cope, 1886)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1886)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Ecnomiohyla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusEcnomiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005
- speciesEcnomiohyla miliaria (Cope, 1886)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ecnomiohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ecnomiohyla fimbrimembra (Taylor, 1948) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla rabborum Mendelson, Savage, Griffith, Ross, Kubicki & Gagliardo, 2008 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla veraguensis Batista, Hertz, Mebert, Köhler, Lotzkat, Ponce & Veselý, 2014 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla bailarina Batista, Hertz, Mebert, Köhler, Lotzkat, Ponce & Veselý, 2014 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla echinata (Duellman, 1961) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria (Dunn, 1943) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla sukia Savage & Kubicki, 2010 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla thysanota (Duellman, 1966) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecnomiohyla valancifer (Firschein & Smith, 1956) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla miliaria (Cope, 1886) (Cope, 1886) | synonym |
| Hyla immensa Taylor, 1952 Taylor, 1952 | synonym |
| Hypsiboas miliarius Cope, 1886 Cope, 1886 | synonym |
| Plectrohyla miliaria (Cope, 1886) (Cope, 1886) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=774361 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38NH9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.