Oophaga lehmanni (Myers & Daly, 1976)
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.
Red-banded Poison Frog (Oophaga lehmanni)
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Open encyclopedia reference
Lehmann's poison frog or the red-banded poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is a species of poison dart frog in the family Dendrobatidae endemic to a small part of western Colombia. Its natural habitats are submontane tropical rainforests. It is threatened by habitat loss and collection for the pet trade, and the IUCN lists it as being "critically endangered". It was named after Colombian conservation biologist Federico Carlos Lehmann.
Wikipedia contributors, Lehmann's poison frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:31:55.692997+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oophaga lehmanni (Myers & Daly, 1976)
- Name authority
- (Myers & Daly, 1976)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Oophaga
- 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
- superfamilyDendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
- familyDendrobatidae Cope, 1865
- subfamilyDendrobatinae Cope, 1865
- genusOophaga Bauer, 1994
- speciesOophaga lehmanni (Myers & Daly, 1976)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oophaga. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oophaga andresi Posso-Terranova & Andrés, 2018 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga histrionica (Berthold, 1845) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga solanensis Posso-Terranova & Andrés, 2018 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser, 1956) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga anchicayensis Posso-Terranova & Andrés, 2018 | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga arborea (Myers, Daly & Martínez, 1984) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga granulifera (Taylor, 1958) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga occultator (Myers & Daly, 1976) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oophaga pumilio (Schmidt, 1857) | DendrobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dendrobates lehmanni Myers & Daly, 1976 Myers & Daly, 1976 | 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=774033 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:49SSN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.