Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857)
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.
Oophaga speciosa
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Open encyclopedia reference
The splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) is an extinct species of poison dart frog that was endemic to the eastern end of Cordillera de Talamanca, western Panama. Its natural habitats were humid lowland and montane forests.
Wikipedia contributors, Splendid poison frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:31:55.693996+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857)
- Name authority
- (Schmidt, 1857)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Dendrobatidae
- Genus
- Oophaga
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
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 speciosa (Schmidt, 1857)
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 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 lehmanni (Myers & Daly, 1976) | 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 speciosus Schmidt, 1857 Schmidt, 1857 | synonym |
| Hylaplesia speciosa (Schmidt, 1857) (Schmidt, 1857) | 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=774036 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:49SSS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.