Allobates talamancae (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.
Allobates talamancae syn. Colostethus talamancae, Sierra Llorona, Panama
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Open encyclopedia reference
Allobates talamancae (common names: Talamanca rocket frog, striped rocket frog, Talamanca striped rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in northwestern Ecuador, western Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and southern Nicaragua.
Wikipedia contributors, Allobates talamancae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:03:09.155270+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Allobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1875)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Aromobatidae
- Genus
- Allobates
- 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
- superfamilyDendrobatoidea Cope, 1865
- familyAromobatidae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
- subfamilyAllobatinae Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel & Wheeler, 2006
- genusAllobates Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988
- speciesAllobates talamancae (Cope, 1875)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Allobates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Allobates fratisenescus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates chalcopis (Kaiser, Coloma & Gray, 1994) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates magnussoni Lima, Simões & Kaefer, 2014 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates fuscellus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates humilis (Rivero, 1980) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates amissibilis Kok, Hölting & Ernst, 2013 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates ignotus Anganoy-Criollo, 2012 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates pittieri (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates bacurau Simões, 2016 | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates goianus (Bokermann, 1975) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates insperatus (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allobates crombiei (Morales, 2002) | AromobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dendrobates talamancae Cope, 1875 Cope, 1875 | synonym |
| Hylaplesia talamancae (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | synonym |
| Phyllobates talamancae (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | synonym |
| Colostethus talamancae (Cope, 1875) (Cope, 1875) | 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=773364 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:BV2M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.