Diasporus diastema (Cope, 1875)
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
Diasporus diastema is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. Common names include common tink frog or dink frog, supposedly because of the loud metallic "tink" sound that the male frog makes during the night. It is found in Central America, from Honduras through Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical humid lowland forests and montane forests, but it can use very disturbed habitats. It is found from sea level to 1,620 m (5,310 ft) elevation.
Its color during daylight hours, when it hides, is grayish brown with spots or bars; when it emerges at night and becomes active, the frog takes on a pale pink or tan color.
The adult female reaches up to 1 inch (24 mm) long, and the male about 3/4 inch (21 mm). The tink frog has no free-swimming tadpole stage, and instead emerges as a miniature frog directly from the egg. Eggs are laid in bromeliads and tended by the male.
The diet of the tink frog consists mainly of ants and other arthropods.
Wikipedia contributors, Diasporus diastema; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:56:36.696305+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diasporus diastema (Cope, 1875)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1875)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Eleutherodactylidae
- Genus
- Diasporus
- 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
- familyEleutherodactylidae Lutz, 1954
- subfamilyEleutherodactylinae Lutz, 1954
- genusDiasporus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
- speciesDiasporus diastema (Cope, 1875)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diasporus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diasporus igneus Batista, Ponce & Hertz, 2012 | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diasporus sapo Batista, Köhler, Mebert, Hertz & Veselý, 2016 | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diasporus tinker (Lynch, 2001) | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diasporus amirae Arias, Chaves, Salazar, Salazar-Zúñiga & García-Rodríguez, 2019 | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diasporus quidditus (Lynch, 2001) | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diasporus lynchi Ospina-Sarria, Velásquez-Trujillo, Castaño Saavedra, Castillo & Bolívar-García, 2022 | EleutherodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lithodytes diastema Cope, 1875 Cope, 1875 | synonym |
| Eleutherodactylus diastema (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | synonym |
| Hyla chica Noble, 1918 Noble, 1918 | synonym |
| Hylodes diastema (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | synonym |
| Pristimantis diastema (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | synonym |
| Syrrhopus ineptus Barbour, 1928 Barbour, 1928 | 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=774181 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:6CR7B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.