Boana tepuiana (Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008)
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
The tepui tree frog (Boana tepuiana) is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil and Venezuela. Scientists have seen it between 420 and 1800 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog measures 30.0–36.0 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 34.5–47.7 mm. The skin on the frog's dorsum is not granular, but the skin of the ventrum may be. The skin on the dorsum is bright yellow with some brown marks, brown with gray marks, or dark brown with yellow stripes. The toes and webbing between the toes are red-orange in color.
The frog's tongue is wide and round, and it has vomerine teeth in its jaw.
This frog's scientific name, tepuiana, refers to the Tepui Mountains in Venezuela, which are part of its range.
Wikipedia contributors, Tepui tree frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:22:41.213340+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Boana tepuiana (Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008)
- Name authority
- (Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Boana
- 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
- genusBoana Gray, 1825
- speciesBoana tepuiana (Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Boana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Boana gladiator (Köhler, Koscinski, Padial, Chaparro, Handford, Lougheed & De la Riva, 2010) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana caingua (Carrizo, 1991) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana maculateralis (Caminer & Ron, 2014) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana alfaroi (Caminer & Ron, 2014) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana claresignata (Lutz & Lutz, 1939) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana courtoisae Fouquet, Marinho, Réjaud, Carvalho, Caminer, Jansen, Rainha, Rodrigues, Werneck, Lima et al., 2021 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana gracilis (Melin, 1941) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana guarinimirim Marinho, Bang, Vidigal & Giaretta, 2022 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana albomarginata (Spix, 1824) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana albopunctata (Spix, 1824) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boana beckeri (Caramaschi & Cruz, 2004) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hypsiboas tepuianus Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008 Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008 | 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=1098356 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:M834. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.