Craugastor tarahumaraensis (Taylor, 1940)
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.
Craugastor tarahumaraensis
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Open encyclopedia reference
Craugastor tarahumaraensis is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Mexico and known from the Sierra Madre Occidental between the eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua in the north and Jalisco in the south. Its common name is Tarahumara barking frog. The type locality is Mojárachic, in the Tarahumara Mountains, Chihuahua.
Wikipedia contributors, Craugastor tarahumaraensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:47:53.435136+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Craugastor tarahumaraensis (Taylor, 1940)
- Name authority
- (Taylor, 1940)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Craugastoridae
- Genus
- Craugastor
- 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
- superfamilyBrachycephaloidea Günther, 1858
- familyCraugastoridae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
- genusCraugastor Cope, 1862
- speciesCraugastor tarahumaraensis (Taylor, 1940)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Craugastor. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Craugastor monnichorum (Dunn, 1940) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor mexicanus (Brocchi, 1877) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor megacephalus (Cope, 1875) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor silvicola (Lynch, 1967) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor rhodopis (Cope, 1867) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor zunigai Arias, Hertz & Parra-Olea, 2019 | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor vocalis (Taylor, 1940) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor taylori (Lynch, 1966) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor tabasarae (Savage, Hollingsworth, Lips & Jaslow, 2004) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor spatulatus (Smith, 1939) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor saltuarius (McCranie & Wilson, 1997) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Craugastor sabrinus (Campbell & Savage, 2000) | CraugastoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eleutherodactylus tarahumaraensis Taylor, 1940 Taylor, 1940 | synonym |
| Hylactophryne tarahumaraensis (Taylor, 1940) (Taylor, 1940) | 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=773964 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:6BC83. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.