Diasporus quidditus (Lynch, 2001)
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 quidditus is a species of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is found in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia, and Valle del Cauca Departments). The specific name quidditus is derived from English word quiddity, which the describer John Douglas Lynch encountered in the book "Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary" by Willard Van Orman Quine; he thought the name was apt because the species was small and had been confused with Diasporus vocator and Diasporus gularis.
Wikipedia contributors, Diasporus quidditus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:57:24.871732+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diasporus quidditus (Lynch, 2001)
- Name authority
- (Lynch, 2001)
- 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 quidditus (Lynch, 2001)
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 diastema (Cope, 1875) | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Eleutherodactylus quidditus Lynch, 2001 Lynch, 2001 | synonym |
| Pristimantis quidditus (Lynch, 2001) (Lynch, 2001) | 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=774184 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:6D37C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.