Gastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857)
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
Gastrotheca splendens is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Bolivia. The only precisely known record is from the eastern slopes of the Andes in the Amboró National Park, in the Santa Cruz Department. Only two specimens are known. Common name Schmidt's marsupial frog has been coined for this species, in reference to Eduard Oscar Schmidt who described the species.
Wikipedia contributors, Gastrotheca splendens; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:12:13.106332+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857)
- Name authority
- (Schmidt, 1857)
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHemiphractidae Peters, 1862
- genusGastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843
- speciesGastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gastrotheca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gastrotheca williamsoni Gaige, 1922 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca ruizi Duellman & Burrowes, 1986 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca psychrophila Duellman, 1974 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 2009 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca orophylax Duellman & Pyles, 1980 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca nicefori Gaige, 1933 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca microdiscus (Andersson in Lönnberg & Andersson, 1910) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca flamma Juncá & Nunes, 2008 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca ernestoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca angustifrons (Boulenger, 1898) | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gastrotheca aguaruna Duellman, Barley & Venegas, 2014 | HemiphractidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gastrotheca monticola Barbour & Noble, 1920 Barbour & Noble, 1920 | synonym |
| Hyla splendens Schmidt, 1857 Schmidt, 1857 | synonym |
| Gastrotheca marsupiata monticola Barbour & Noble, 1920 Barbour & Noble, 1920 | 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=662373 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:6JY84. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.