Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)
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
Allobates kingsburyi (common name: Kingsbury's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, near the Reventador volcano and in the Pastaza River trench.
Wikipedia contributors, Allobates kingsburyi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:03:09.155270+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1918)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Aromobatidae
- Genus
- Allobates
- 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
- familyAromobatidae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
- subfamilyAllobatinae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
- genusAllobates Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988
- speciesAllobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Allobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Allobates fratisenescus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates chalcopis (Kaiser, Coloma & Gray, 1994) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates magnussoni Lima, Simões & Kaefer, 2014 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates fuscellus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates humilis (Rivero, 1980) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates amissibilis Kok, Hölting & Ernst, 2013 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates ignotus Anganoy-Criollo, 2012 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates pittieri (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates bacurau Simões, 2016 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates goianus (Bokermann, 1975) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates insperatus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates crombiei (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phyllobates intermedius Andersson, 1945 Andersson, 1945 | synonym |
| Phyllobates kingsburyi Boulenger, 1918 Boulenger, 1918 | synonym |
| Colostethus intermedius (Andersson, 1945) (Andersson, 1945) | synonym |
| Colostethus kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918) (Boulenger, 1918) | 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=773345 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:5TWYS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.