Boana gladiator (Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva, 2010)

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Boana gladiator, the Cusco gladiator tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Peru, in Cusco and Puno. Scientists have seen it between 1,097 and 1,975 metres (3,599 and 6,480 ft) above sea level in cloud forests.

The adult male frog measures 35.3 to 49.4 mm (1.39 to 1.94 in) long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 47.8 to 55.3 mm (1.88 to 2.18 in). Like other gladiator tree frogs, the male Cusco gladiator tree frog has a spike on each front foot that he uses to fight other males. The female frog lays eggs in streams.

This frog is listed as vulnerable to extinction. This is largely because of habitat loss, but it is also subject to chytridiomycosis from the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. This illness thickens the frog's skin, which then sloughs off so that it can no longer osmoregulate. The concentration of electrolytes in the frog's blood drops, and the frog then dies of cardiac arrest.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Boana gladiator (Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva, 2010)

Name authority

(Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva, 2010)

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hylidae

Genus

Boana

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. familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
11. genusBoana Gray, 1825
12. speciesBoana gladiator (Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva, 2010)

Close classified relatives

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

Browse 590 records assigned to Hylidae.

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=1098718 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:5WLTK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.