Isthmohyla calypsa (Lips, 1996)
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
Isthmohyla calypsa, the Calypsa tree frog is a critically endangered, possibly extinct species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is known from the southern Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica, Cerro Pando in Costa Rica and Panama, and the Pacific slope in southwestern Panama. It appears to now be extirpated from Costa Rica. Prior to its description in 1996, this species was confused with Isthmohyla lancasteri, a species now known from lower altitudes only.
Wikipedia contributors, Isthmohyla calypsa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:41:34.719729+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Isthmohyla calypsa (Lips, 1996)
- Name authority
- (Lips, 1996)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Isthmohyla
- 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
- genusIsthmohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005
- speciesIsthmohyla calypsa (Lips, 1996)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Isthmohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Isthmohyla angustilineata (Taylor, 1952) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla debilis (Taylor, 1952) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla picadoi (Dunn, 1937) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla pictipes (Cope, 1875) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla xanthosticta (Duellman, 1968) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla graceae (Myers & Duellman, 1982) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla lancasteri (Barbour, 1928) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla pseudopuma (Günther, 1901) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla rivularis (Taylor, 1952) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla tica (Starrett, 1966) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isthmohyla zeteki (Gaige, 1929) | 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 calypsa Lips, 1996 Lips, 1996 | 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=774493 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:3QD7R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.