Isthmohyla zeteki (Gaige, 1929)
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 zeteki - Zetek's tree frog in Costa Rica. Photo by Emmanuel Rodríguez Rojas. Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339048803
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Open encyclopedia reference
Isthmohyla zeteki is a species of frog in the family Hylidae native to the Cordillera Central and Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and western Panama. The specific name zeteki honors James Zetek, an American entomologist who worked in Panama. Common name Zetek's treefrog has been coined for the species.
Wikipedia contributors, Isthmohyla zeteki; 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 zeteki (Gaige, 1929)
- Name authority
- (Gaige, 1929)
- 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 zeteki (Gaige, 1929)
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 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla zeteki Gaige, 1929 Gaige, 1929 | 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=774506 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:3QD86. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.