Isthmohyla lancasteri (Barbour, 1928)
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.
Isthmohyla lancasteri - Lancaster's tree frog in Limón, Costa Rica. Photo by Paul Prior. Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147221754
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Open encyclopedia reference
Isthmohyla lancasteri (common name: Lancaster's treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to humid premontane slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica and western Panama.
Wikipedia contributors, Isthmohyla lancasteri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:42:09.050485+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Isthmohyla lancasteri (Barbour, 1928)
- Name authority
- (Barbour, 1928)
- 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 lancasteri (Barbour, 1928)
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 calypsa (Lips, 1996) | 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 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 lancasteri Barbour, 1928 Barbour, 1928 | synonym |
| Hyla moraviaensis Taylor, 1952 Taylor, 1952 | 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=774498 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:3QD7W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.