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Gastrotheca orophylax Duellman & Pyles, 1980

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gastrotheca orophylax Duellman & Pyles, 1980
Name authority
Duellman & Pyles, 1980
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hemiphractidae
Genus
Gastrotheca
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyHemiphractidae Peters, 1862
  11. genusGastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843
  12. speciesGastrotheca orophylax Duellman & Pyles, 1980

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gastrotheca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gastrotheca williamsoni Gaige, 1922HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca ruizi Duellman & Burrowes, 1986HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca psychrophila Duellman, 1974HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 2009HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882)HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca nicefori Gaige, 1933HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson in Lönnberg & Andersson, 1910)HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca flamma Juncá & Nunes, 2008HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca ernestoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca angustifrons (Boulenger, 1898)HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca aguaruna Duellman, Barley & Venegas, 2014HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gastrotheca bufona Cochran & Goin, 1970HemiphractidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 78 records assigned to Hemiphractidae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=662366 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:6JXWG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.