Hyloxalus breviquartus (Rivero & Serna, 1986)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hyloxalus breviquartus is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is found in the northern part of Cordillera Occidental in Antioquia, Colombia, and in Carchi Province in northwestern Ecuador. Colombian distribution may be wider.
Its natural habitats are montane forests next to streams and very humid premontane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, although it occurs in the Las Orquídeas National Natural Park, its type locality.
Wikipedia contributors, Hyloxalus breviquartus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:28:19.044088+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hyloxalus breviquartus (Rivero & Serna, 1986)
- Name authority
- (Rivero & Serna, 1986)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Hyloxalus
- 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
- genusHyloxalus Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
- speciesHyloxalus breviquartus (Rivero & Serna, 1986)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hyloxalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hyloxalus abditaurantius (Silverstone, 1975) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus anthracinus (Edwards, 1971) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus awa (Coloma, 1995) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus azureiventris (Kneller & Henle, 1985) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus bocagei Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus cevallosi (Rivero, 1991) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus chlorocraspedus (Caldwell, 2005) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus delatorreae (Coloma, 1995) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus elachyhistus (Edwards, 1971) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus exasperatus (Duellman & Lynch, 1988) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus fallax (Rivero, 1991) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hyloxalus idiomelus (Rivero, 1991) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Colostethus breviquartus Rivero & Serna, 1986 Rivero & Serna, 1986 | 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=774078 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:3NGWP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.