Ectopoglossus astralogaster (Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012)
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.
Ectopoglossus Astralogaster range map
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Open encyclopedia reference
Ectopoglossus astralogaster is a sparsely-researched species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is known to only be endemic to premontane forests on Cerro Brewster in the western part of Guna Yala, in Panama, at 700 to 900 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia contributors, Ectopoglossus astralogaster; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:00:52.890055+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ectopoglossus astralogaster (Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012)
- Name authority
- (Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Ectopoglossus
- 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
- superfamilyDendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
- familyDendrobatidae Cope, 1865
- subfamilyHyloxalinae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
- genusEctopoglossus Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado & Rueda-Almonacid, 2017
- speciesEctopoglossus astralogaster (Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ectopoglossus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ectopoglossus atopoglossus (Grant, Humphrey & Myers, 1997) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopoglossus isthminus (Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopoglossus lacrimosus (Myers, 1991) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopoglossus absconditus Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado & Rueda-Almonacid, 2017 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopoglossus confusus (Myers & Grant, 2009) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectopoglossus saxatilis Grant, Rada, Anganoy-Criollo, Batista, Dias, Jeckel, Machado & Rueda-Almonacid, 2017 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Anomaloglossus astralogaster Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012 Myers, Ibáñez, Grant & Jaramillo, 2012 | 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=1102634 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:38QY6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.