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Heterixalus luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Heterixalus luteostriatus, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar
This is apparently a rather common species in its natural range in NW Madagascar. It also occurs in secondary habitats, such as degraded dry forests and ricefields. Hence, it is not considered as being threatened.

Many thanks to Franco Andreone for identifying the species.

Heterixalus luteostriatus, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar This is apparently a rather common species in its natural range in NW Madagascar. It also occurs in secondary habitats, such as degraded dry forests and ricefields. Hence, it is not considered as being threatened. Many thanks to Franco Andreone for identifying the species.

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Open encyclopedia reference

Heterixalus luteostriatus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Wikipedia contributors, Heterixalus luteostriatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:20:50.757265+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Heterixalus luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910)
Name authority
(Andersson, 1910)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hyperoliidae
Genus
Heterixalus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyHyperoliidae Laurent, 1943
  11. subfamilyHyperoliinae Laurent, 1943
  12. genusHeterixalus Laurent, 1944
  13. speciesHeterixalus luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Heterixalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Heterixalus andrakata Glaw & Vences, 1991HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus carbonei Vences, Glaw, Jesu & Schimmenti, 2000HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus rutenbergi (Boettger, 1881)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus tricolor (Boettger, 1881)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus variabilis (Ahl, 1930)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1882)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus betsileo (Grandidier, 1872)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus boettgeri (Mocquard, 1902)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heterixalus punctatus Glaw & Vences, 1994HyperoliidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Megalixalus boettgeri luteostriata Andersson, 1910 Andersson, 1910synonym
Heterixalus boettgeri luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910) (Andersson, 1910)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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=663071 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:3L7NM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.