Teratohyla spinosa (Taylor, 1949)
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
Teratohyla spinosa (common name: spiny Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Pacific lowlands of northern and central Ecuador and western Colombia, northward on the Pacific slopes Panama and Costa Rica, as well as on the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.
Wikipedia contributors, Teratohyla spinosa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:53:34.897976+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Teratohyla spinosa (Taylor, 1949)
- Name authority
- (Taylor, 1949)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Centrolenidae
- Genus
- Teratohyla
- 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
- familyCentrolenidae Taylor, 1951
- subfamilyCentroleninae Taylor, 1951
- genusTeratohyla Taylor, 1951
- speciesTeratohyla spinosa (Taylor, 1949)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Teratohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Teratohyla pulverata (Peters, 1873) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Teratohyla adenocheira (Harvey & Noonan, 2005) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Teratohyla amelie (Cisneros-Heredia & Meza-Ramos, 2007) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Teratohyla midas (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Centrolenella spinosa Taylor, 1949 Taylor, 1949 | synonym |
| Cochranella spinosa (Taylor, 1949) (Taylor, 1949) | 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=776064 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:55DTB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.