Noblella thiuni Catenazzi & Ttito, 2019
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
Noblella thiuni is a species of frog in Peru. It is 11 mm (0.43 in) in length placing it as one of the smallest amphibians in the world. It lives in the leaf litter of a montane forest making it difficult to spot. This minute frog has the dorsum tan with a dark brown X-shaped middorsal mark and dark brown markings, the chest and belly copper reddish with a profusion of silvery spots, the ventral surfaces of legs bright red, and the throat and palmar and plantar surfaces brown. The species was discovered in 2017 near Thiuni, in the province of Carabaya, Department of Puno, in the upper watershed of a tributary of the Inambari River, Peru, and is known only from a single specimen.
Wikipedia contributors, Noblella thiuni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:20:43.565796+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Noblella thiuni Catenazzi & Ttito, 2019
- Name authority
- Catenazzi & Ttito, 2019
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Strabomantidae
- Genus
- Noblella
- 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
- superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
- familyStrabomantidae Hedges, Duellman & Heinecke, 2008
- subfamilyHoloadeninae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
- genusNoblella Barbour, 1930
- speciesNoblella thiuni Catenazzi & Ttito, 2019
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Noblella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Noblella duellmani (Lehr, Aguilar & Lundberg, 2004) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella peruviana (Noble, 1921) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella pygmaea Lehr & Catenazzi, 2009 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella losamigos Santa Cruz, von May, Catenazzi, Whitcher, López Tejeda & Rabosky, 2019 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella chirihampatu (Catenazzi & Ttito, 2016) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella bagrecito (Lynch, 1986) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella glauca (Catenazzi & Ttito, 2018) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella carrascoicola (De la Riva & Köhler, 1998) | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella madreselva Catenazzi, Uscapi & von May, 2015 | StrabomantidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noblella ritarasquinae (Köhler, 2000) | StrabomantidaeChordata | 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=1105004 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:47KCM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.