Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
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.
Golden-eyed (or blue-sided) tree frog (Agalychnis annae), Heredia, Costa Rica. Focus stack of two images.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The blue-sided leaf frog (Agalychnis annae), also known as the orange-eyed leaf frog, is a vulnerable species of tree frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae native to the tropical rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama. The specific name annae honors Ann S. Duellman, the collector of the holotype and the describer's wife.
Wikipedia contributors, Blue-sided leaf frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:00:45.340089+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
- Name authority
- (Duellman, 1963)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Phyllomedusidae
- Genus
- Agalychnis
- 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
- familyPhyllomedusidae Günther, 1858
- genusAgalychnis Cope, 1864
- speciesAgalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Agalychnis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Red-eyed TreefrogAgalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis danieli (Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho & Rueda-Almonacid, 1988) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis psilopygion (Cannatella, 1980) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis medinae (Funkhouser, 1962) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis dacnicolor (Cope, 1864) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis hulli (Duellman & Mendelson, 1995) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis lemur (Boulenger, 1882) | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955 | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger, 1913 | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Agalychnis terranova Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid & Daza-R., 2013 | PhyllomedusidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phyllomedusa annae Duellman, 1963 Duellman, 1963 | 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=208128 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:65JNN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.