Myersiohyla chamaeleo Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013
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
Myersiohyla chamaeleo is a species of frog from the family Hylidae. It lives in Amazonas, Venezuela. Scientists have seen it on the Tepui Cerro de la Neblina between 1450 and 2100 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia contributors, Myersiohyla chamaeleo; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:15:07.542660+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Myersiohyla chamaeleo Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013
- Name authority
- Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Myersiohyla
- 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
- genusMyersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005
- speciesMyersiohyla chamaeleo Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Myersiohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Myersiohyla aromatica (Ayarzagüena & Señaris, 1994) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Myersiohyla neblinaria Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Myersiohyla loveridgei (Rivero, 1961) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Myersiohyla inparquesi (Ayarzagüena & Señaris, 1994) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Myersiohyla liliae (Kok, 2006) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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=1100760 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:452F6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.