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Phyllonastes lochites (Lynch, 1976)

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

Phyllonastes lochites, also known as Ecuador leaf frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes and Cordillera del Cóndor and the Cordillera de Cutucú in Ecuador and Peru; the Peruvian record has been disputed, although it is nevertheless expected that the species occurs in Peru.

Wikipedia contributors, Phyllonastes lochites; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:46:38.950936+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Phyllonastes lochites (Lynch, 1976)
Name authority
(Lynch, 1976)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Strabomantidae
Genus
Phyllonastes
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. superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
  11. familyStrabomantidae Hedges, Duellman & Heinecke, 2008
  12. subfamilyHoloadeninae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
  13. genusPhyllonastes Heyer, 1977
  14. speciesPhyllonastes lochites (Lynch, 1976)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Phyllonastes heyeri Lynch, 1986StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes lynchi Duellman, 1991StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes naturetrekii (Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Ron, Ortega, Guayasamin, Goodrum, Recalde, Vieira, Koch et al., 2019)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes personinus (Harvey, Almendáriz C., Brito-M. & Batallas-Revelo, 2013)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes macuma Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete & Ron, 2025StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes ecuadoriensis Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete & Ron, 2025StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes plateadensis Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete & Ron, 2025StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes dicaprioi Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete & Ron, 2025StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes sardinayacu Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete & Ron, 2025StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes arutam (Brito-Zapata, Chávez-Reyes, Pallo-Robles, Carrión-Olmedo, Cisneros-Heredia & Reyes-Puig, 2024)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes mindo (Reyes-Puig, Guayasamin, Koch, Brito-Zapata, Hollanders, Costales & Cisneros-Heredia, 2021)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Phyllonastes myrmecoides (Lynch, 1976)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted 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
Noblella lochites (Lynch, 1976) (Lynch, 1976)synonym
Euparkerella lochites Lynch, 1976 Lynch, 1976synonym

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=663799 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:4H7Z4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.