Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955
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
Agalychnis saltator, also known as the parachuting red-eyed leaf frog and misfit leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in the Caribbean lowlands from north-eastern Honduras to eastern-central Costa Rica at elevations of 15–1,300 m (49–4,265 ft) asl.
Wikipedia contributors, Agalychnis saltator; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:01:41.182107+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955
- Name authority
- Taylor, 1955
- 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 saltator Taylor, 1955
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 annae (Duellman, 1963) | 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 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 saltator (Taylor, 1955) (Taylor, 1955) | 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=208134 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:65JPW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.