Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer & Schiesari, 1995
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.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Osteocephalus oophagus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is also reported to produce bufotenin.
Females return to the egg deposition sites at intervals of about five days and, usually in amplexus with the same male, and produce eggs that serve as food for the tadpoles, hence the specific name meaning "egg eater".
Wikipedia contributors, Osteocephalus oophagus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:34:03.871527+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer & Schiesari, 1995
- Name authority
- Jungfer & Schiesari, 1995
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Osteocephalus
- 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
- familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusOsteocephalus Steindachner, 1862
- speciesOsteocephalus oophagus Jungfer & Schiesari, 1995
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Osteocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Osteocephalus mimeticus (Melin, 1941) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus duellmani Jungfer, 2011 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus mutabor Jungfer & Hödl, 2002 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus subtilis Martins & Cardoso, 1987 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus cannatellai Ron, Venegas, Toral, Read, Ortiz & Manzano, 2012 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus vilarsi (Melin, 1941) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus yasuni Ron & Pramuk, 1999 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus leoniae Jungfer & Lehr, 2001 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Osteocephalus sangay Chasiluisa, Caminer, Varela-Jaramillo & Ron, 2020 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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=662693 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:75BMV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.