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Yunganastes bisignatus (Werner, 1899)

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

Yunganastes bisignatus is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to the La Paz Department, Bolivia, and known from between the Inquisivi and Nor Yungas Provinces. It has been considered synonym of Pristimantis fenestratus but is now treated as valid species.

Wikipedia contributors, Yunganastes bisignatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:55:17.705993+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Yunganastes bisignatus (Werner, 1899)
Name authority
(Werner, 1899)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Strabomantidae
Genus
Yunganastes
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. subfamilyPristimantinae Ohler & Dubois, 2012
  13. genusYunganastes Padial, Castroviejo-Fisher, Köhler, Domic & De la Riva, 2007
  14. speciesYunganastes bisignatus (Werner, 1899)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Yunganastes fraudator (Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yunganastes pluvicanorus (De la Riva & Lynch, 1997)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yunganastes ashkapara (Köhler, 2000)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yunganastes mercedesae (Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987)StrabomantidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

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

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=1096262 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:5CTG6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.