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Callulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010

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

Callulina stanleyi is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It was discovered in 2010 during a survey of rainforests in the northern part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. It was named in honour of the American zoologist, William T. Stanley, of the Field Museum, Chicago, who has done much research into the amphibians of Tanzania. It is present at three locations along the eastern border of Chome Forest Reserve at altitudes between 1,100 and 1,300 m (3,600 and 4,300 ft). It is rated as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Wikipedia contributors, Callulina stanleyi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:37:05.269906+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Callulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010
Name authority
Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Brevicipitidae
Genus
Callulina
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. familyBrevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
  11. genusCallulina Nieden, 1911
  12. speciesCallulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Callulina shengena Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Callulina dawida Loader, Measey, de Sá & Malonza, 2009BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Callulina kreffti Nieden, 1911BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Callulina laphami Loader, Gower, Ngalason & Menegon, 2010BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Callulina meteora Menegon, Gower & Loader, 2011BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Callulina kisiwamsitu de Sá, Loader & Channing, 2004BrevicipitidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 27 records assigned to Brevicipitidae.

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=1103463 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:5X7CD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.