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Ololygon kautskyi Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Ololygon kautskyi is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Ololygon kautskyi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:30:51.490814+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ololygon kautskyi Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991
Name authority
Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hylidae
Genus
Ololygon
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
  11. genusOlolygon Fitzinger, 1843
  12. speciesOlolygon kautskyi Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Ololygon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Ololygon albicans (Bokermann, 1967)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon arduoa (Peixoto, 2002)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon berthae (Barrio, 1962)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon brieni (De Witte, 1930)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon canastrensis (Cardoso & Haddad, 1982)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon carnevallii Caramaschi & Kisteumacher, 1989HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon centralis (Pombal & Bastos, 1996)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon cosenzai (Lacerda, Peixoto & Feio, 2012)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon flavoguttatus (Lutz & Lutz, 1939)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon insperata (Silva & Alves-Silva, 2011)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon littoralis (Pombal & Gordo, 1991)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ololygon luizotavioi Caramaschi & Kisteumacher, 1989HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Scinax kautskyi (Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991) (Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991)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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1097990 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:4993B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.