Gastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857:11)
Schmidt's marsupial frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hyla splendens Schmidt, 1857:11; Gastrotheca monticola Barbour & Noble, 1920 [synonymised by Köhler et al., 2024]
Conservation Status
Last record: 1857
Rediscovered in 1997 (Duellman & De la Riva, 1999)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Bolivia, Panama & Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schmidt, O. (1857). Diagnosen neuer Frösche des zoologischen Cabinets zu Krakau. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wein [1857]: 10-15.
Other references:
Barbour, T. and Noble, G. K. (1920). Some amphibians from northwestern Peru, with a revision of the genera Phyllobates and Telmatobius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 63: 395-427.
Claudia Cortez, Steffen Reichle, Ignacio De la Riva, Jörn Köhler. (2004). Gastrotheca splendens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55359A11298645. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55359A11298645.en. Downloaded on 17 October 2015.
Duellman, W. E. (1970). The hylid frogs of Middle America. Monograph, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas: 1-753.
Duellman, W. E. (1977). Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Hylidae, Centrolenidae, Pseudidae. Das Tierreich 95: 1-225.
Duellman, William E. and De la Riva, Ignacio. (1999). Rediscovery and taxonomic status of Hyla splendens Schmidt, 1857 (Anura: Hylidae). Copeia, 1999(1): 197-199. [Abstract]
Faivovich, J., Haddad, C. F. B., Garcia, P. C. O., Frost, D. R., Campbell, J. A. and Wheeler, W. C. (2005). Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1-240.
Köhler, Jörn, Koch, Claudia, Garlacz, Rafał, Preick, Michaela, De la Riva, Ignacio and Vences, Miguel. (2024). Getting back to name-bearing types: archival DNA and morphology clarify the identity of Hyla splendens Schmidt, 1857 and challenge the taxonomy of Bolivian populations of Gastrotheca (Anura: Hemiphractidae). Salamandra 60(4): 263-282.
Savage, J. M. and Heyer, W. R. (1969). The tree-frogs (Family Hylidae) of Costa Rica: Diagosis and distribution. Revista de Biología Tropical 16: 1-127.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Schmidt, O. (1858). Deliciae herpetologicae Musei Zoologici Cracoviensis. Denkschriften der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissensc [1858]: 237-258.