Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958)
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.
Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi, observed at the Research Station at Veragua in Costa Rica
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Open encyclopedia reference
Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in extreme northern Ecuador, northwestern Colombia (Chocó and Córdoba west and north of Cordillera Occidental), Panama, and Costa Rica, as well as in Honduras. The specific name chirripoi refers to the Chirripó Indians inhabiting the area of the type locality, Suretka in the Talamanca canton of Costa Rica. The common name Suretka glass frog has been coined for it.
Wikipedia contributors, Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:21:38.765770+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958)
- Name authority
- (Taylor, 1958)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Centrolenidae
- Genus
- Hyalinobatrachium
- 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
- familyCentrolenidae Taylor, 1951
- subfamilyHyalinobatrachinae Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009
- genusHyalinobatrachium Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991
- speciesHyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hyalinobatrachium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Centrolenella chirripoi (Taylor, 1958) (Taylor, 1958) | synonym |
| Hyalinobatrachium cardiacalyptum McCranie & Wilson, 1997 McCranie & Wilson, 1997 | synonym |
| Cochranella chirripoi Taylor, 1958 Taylor, 1958 | 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=662067 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:3MVZC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.