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Anura (Frogs and Toads)

 

Suborder: Archaeobatrachia

Family: Alytidae (=Discoglossidae)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Alytes muletensis (Sanchiz & Adrover, 1977) Majorcan midwife toad, Mallorcan midwife toad, ferreret (rediscovered) Majorca, Balearic Islands Rediscovered Access
Latonia nigriventer Mendelssohn & Steinitz, 1943 Hula painted frog, Israel painted frog, Palestinian painted frog (rediscovered) Hula Valley, Israel Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ascaphidae (Tailed Frogs)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Bombinatoridae (Fire-Bellied Toads)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Barbourula busuangensis Taylor & Noble, 1924 Philippine flat-headed frog - Philippines Rediscovered Access
Barbourula kalimantanensis Iskandar, 1978 Bornean flat-headed frog - Kalimantan, Indonesia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Leiopelmatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Leiopelma auroraensis

Worthy, 1987 Aurora frog Holocene South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Leiopelma markhami Worthy, 1987 Markham’s frog Holocene? North Island and South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
Leiopelma waitomoensis Worthy, 1987 Waitomo frog Holocene? North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access

 

 

Suborder: Mesobatrachia

Family: Megophryidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Leptolalax lateralis Anderson, 1871   - India Rediscovered Access
Megophrys damrei Mahony, 2011 Bokor horned frog - Bokor National Park, Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia (southwest) Rediscovered Access
Megophrys robusta (Boulenger, 1908) Robust pelobatid frog - India Rediscovered Access
Scutiger maculatus Liu, 1950 - 1970's Sichuan and Xizang provinces, China Missing Access
Scutiger occidentalis Dubois, 1978 Kashmir spinular frog 1977 Jammu and Kashmir, India Invalid (synonym) Access
Xenophrys monticola Günther, 1864 Brown horn frog 1860 Meghalaya, India Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Family: Pelobatidae (European Spadefoot Toads)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pelodytidae (Parsley Frogs)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pipidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Rhinophrynidae (Burrowing Toads)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Scaphiopodidae (American Spadefoot Toads)

—No subordinate taxa

 

 

Suborder: Neobatrachia

Family: Alsodidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Alsodes montanus (Lataste in Philippi, 1902) Mountain spiny-chest frog - Chile Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Aromobatidae (Cryptic Poison frogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Allobates humilis (Rivero, '1978' 1980)   - Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Allobates mcdiarmidi (Reynolds & Foster, 1992)   2001-2005 Bolivia Missing Access
Allobates sanmartini (Rivero, Langone & Prigione, 1986) - ? Venezuela Missing Access
Aromobates alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1903) White-dotted rocket frog 1995 Venezuela Missing Access
Aromobates duranti (Péfaur, 1985) La Culata rocket frog (rediscovered) Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Aromobates haydeeae (Rivero, 1976) Haydee's rocket frog 1990's Venezuela Missing Access
Aromobates leopardalis
(Rivero, 1978) Mucubají skunk frog 1995 Venezuela Missing Access
Aromobates nocturnus Myers, Paolillo-O. & Daly, 1991 Skunk frog 1991 Venezuela Missing Access
Allobates ranoides (Boulenger, 1918) Llanos rocket frog 2001 Colombia Missing Access
Mannophryne neblina Test, 1956 Neblina poison frog pre-1957 Aragua State, Venezuela Missing Access
Prostherapis dunni Rivero, 1961 - pre-1993 Venezuela Missing Access

 

 

Family: Arthroleptidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Arthroleptis aureoli Schiøtz, 1964 Freetown long-fingered frog - Sierra Leone Rediscovered Access
Arthroleptis krokosua Ernst, Agyei & Rödel, 2008 Krokosua squeaking frog - Ghana (south-western) Rediscovered Access
Arthroleptis kutogundua Blackburn, 2012
Overlooked squeaker frog
1930 Tanzania Missing Access
Arthroleptis pyrrhoscelis Laurent, 1952   - Burundi & Itombwe and Kabobo Highlands in southern Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (& Rwanda?) Rediscovered Access
Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963
Cave squeaker
- Zimbabwe Rediscovered Access
Cardioglossa cyaneospila Laurent, 1950 Bururi long-fingered frog - Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Batrachylidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae (Lynch, 1975)   - Wellington Island, Chile Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Brachycephalidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Brachycephalus bufonoides Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920   - Brazil Rediscovered Access
Ischnocnema nigriventris Lutz, 1925   - São Paulo State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Ischnocnema paranaensis (Langone & Segalla, 1996) - 1988 Brazil Missing Access

 

 

Family: Bufonidae (Typical Toads)

Scientific Name

Author/s Common Name/s Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adenomus kandianus Günther, 1872 Kandyan dwarf toad, Kandian torrent toad - Sri Lanka (=Ceylon) Rediscovered Access
Altiphrynoides osgoodi (Loveridge, 1932)
Osgood's Ethiopian toad
2003 Ethiopia Missing Access
Anaxyrus baxteri (Porter, 1964) Wyoming toad 2000's Laramie Basin, Wyoming, USA Extinct in the wild Access
Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 Borneo rainbow toad, Bornean rainbow toad, Sambas stream toad - Borneo Rediscovered Access
Atelopus angelito Ardila-Robayo and Ruiz-Carranza, 1998 Angelito stubfoot toad 2000 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus ardila Coloma, Duellman, Almendariz, Ron, Teran-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010 Ardila's stubfoot toad ? Columbia & Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus arthuri Peters, 1973 Arthur's stubfoot toad 1988 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus arsyecue Rueda-Almonacid, 1994 Starry night harlequin toad - Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus balios Peters, 1973 Rio Pescado stubfoot toad - Azuay, Cañar, and Guayas Provinces, Ecuador (south-western) Rediscovered Access

Atelopus barbotini

Lescure, 1981 Purple harlequin toad, Purple fluorescent frog (rediscovered) French Guiana Rediscovered? Access
Atelopus bomolochos Peters, 1973 Azuay stubfoot toad - Cordillera Oriental, Azuay and Cañar Provinces, Ecuador (southern) Rediscovered Access
Atelopus boulengeri Peracca, 1904 Boulenger's stubfoot toad 1984 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus carauta Ruiz-Carranza & Hernández-Camacho, 1978 Rio Carauta stubfoot toad 1973 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974 Venezuelan yellow frog, La Carbonera stubfoot toad 1998 Venezuela Missing Access
Atelopus carrikeri Ruthven, 1916 Guajira stubfoot toad, Carrikeri harlequin frog - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus chiriquiensis Shreve, 1936 Chiriqui harlequin toad, Lewis' stubfoot toad 1996 Costa Rica & Panama Extinct Access
Atelopus chirripoensis Savage & Bolaños, 2009 (2008?) - 1980 Costa Rica Missing Access
Atelopus chocoensis Lötters, 1992 Chocó stubfoot toad 1998 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus chrysocorallus La Marca, 1994 Golden stubfoot toad, Niquitao harlequin frog - near the village of Tostós, Trujillo, Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Atelopus coynei Miyata, 1980 Rio Faisanes stubfoot toad (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus cruciger Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856 Rancho Grande harlequin frog, Veragua stub(-)footed toad - Venezuela Rediscovered Access

Atelopus dimorphus

Lötters, 2003 - 1980 Huánuco Department, Peru Missing Access
Atelopus ebenoides Rivero, 1963 Huila stubfoot toad 2005 Colombia Missing Access

Atelopus elegans

(Boulenger, 1882) Elegant stubfoot toad (rediscovered) Colombia & Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus epikeisthos Lötters, Schulte & Duellman, 2004 - - Cordiillera Central (eastern), Departamento de Amazonas, Peru (northern) Rediscovered Access

Atelopus erythropus

Boulenger, 1903 Carabaya stubfoot toad 2004 Bolivia & Peru Missing Access
Atelopus eusebianus Rivero & Granados, 1993 Malvasa stubfoot toad 2005 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus eusebiodiazi Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting & Carrillo, 2008 - October 1997 Cordillera de Huancabamba, Piura region, Peru (north-western) Missing Access
Atelopus exiguus Boettger, 1892   (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered? Access
Atelopus famelicus Rivero & Morales, 1995 Skinny stubfoot toad 1993 La Costa & El Tambito, western slope of Cordillera Occidental of the Andes, Cauca Department, Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus farci Lynch, 1993 Forest stubfoot toad 2003 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus flavescens Duméril and Bibron, 1841 Cayenne stubfoot toad - Brazil & French Guiana Possibly rediscovered Access
Atelopus galactogaster Rivero & Serna, 1993 Antado stubfoot toad 1993 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus gigas Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez & Guayasamin, 2010 Giant stubfoot toad 1970 Colombia & Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus guanujo Coloma, 2002 Guanujo stubfoot toad (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus guitarraensis Osorno Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruíz-Carranza, 2001 La Guitarra stubfoot toad 1990 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus halihelos Peters, 1973 Morona-Santiago stubfoot toad (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access

Atelopus hoogmoedi

Lescure, 1974 Hoogmoed's harlequinfrog - Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana & Suriname Possibly rediscovered Access
Atelopus ignescens (Cornalia, 1849) Quito stubfoot toad, Jambato (harlequin) toad, Black Andean toad - Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus laetissimus
Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994 - - Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus limosus Ibáñez, Jaramillo & Solís, 1995 Limosa harlequin frog - Panama (central) Rediscovered Access
Atelopus loettersi De la Riva et al., 2011   - Peru Possibly rediscovered Access
Atelopus longibrachius Rivero, 1963 El Tambo stubfoot toad - Colombia Possibly rediscovered Access
Atelopus longirostris Cope, 1868 Longnose stubfoot toad, Longnose harlequin frog - Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus lozanoi Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruiz-Carranza, 2001 Lozano's Stubfoot Toad - Páramo de Palacio, Cundinamarca, Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus lynchi Cannatella, 1981 Lynch's stubfoot toad 1984 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus mandingues Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruíz-Carranza, 2001   - Colombia Possibly rediscovered Access

Atelopus marinkellei

 Cochran & Goin, 1970    -  Department of Boyacá, Colombia  Rediscovered  Access
Atelopus mindoensis Peters, 1973 Mindo stubfoot toad (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus minutulus Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho & Ardila-Robayo, 1988 Colombian stubfoot toad 1985 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus mittermeieri Acosta-Galvis, Rueda-Almonacid, Velásquez-Álvarez, Sánchez-Pacheco & Peña Prieto, 2006   2010 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus monohernandezii Ardila-Robayo, Osorno-Muñoz & Ruiz-Carranza, 2002 Hernandez's stubfoot toad 1982 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus mucubajiensis Rivero, 1972 (1974?) Mucobaji stubfoot toad - Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Atelopus muisca Rueda-Almonacid & Hoyos, 1992 Muisca stubfoot toad 1996 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus nahumae Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994   - Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus nanay Coloma, 2002 Black stubfoot toad July 1989? Ecuador Extinct in the wild Access
Atelopus nepiozomus Peters, 1973   1989 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus nicefori Rivero, 1963 Niceforo's stubfoot toad 1988 Alto de Caicedo, Antioquia Department, Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus nocturnus Bravo-Valencia and Rivera-Correa, 2011   2007 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus onorei Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007 - 1990 Azuay Province, Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus orcesi Coloma et al. 2010   ? Columbia & Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus oxapampae Lehr, Lötters & Lundberg, 2008   2004 Peru Missing Access
Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1903 Rednose stubfoot toad - Mérida, Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Atelopus pachydermus (Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt's stubfoot toad - Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus palmatus Andersson, 1945   - Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus pastuso Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez & Guayasamin, 2010   1993 Colombia & Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus patazensis Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting and Carrillo, 2008   2010 Peru Missing Access
Atelopus pedimarmoratus Rivero, 1963   1963 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus peruensis Gray & Cannatella, 1985 Peru stubfoot toad 1992 or later Peruvian Andes (northern) Missing Access
Atelopus petersi Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007 Peters' stubfoot toad 8 November 1996 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus petriruizi Ardila-Robayo, 1999 Painted stubfoof toad 1998 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus pictiventris Kattan, 1986 Painted stubfoot toad 1996 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus pinangoi Rivero, 1982 (1984?) Green and red venter harlequin toad - Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Atelopus planispina Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 Napo stubfoot toad July 1985 Ecuador Missing Access
Atelopus podocarpus Coloma et al., 2010 - - Ecuador & Peru Rediscovered Access
Atelopus pyrodactylus Venegas and Barrio, 2006   2006 Peru Missing Access
Atelopus quimbaya Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 - 1992 or 1996 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus reticulatus Lötters, Haas, Schick & Böhme, 2002 Reticulated stubfoot toad 1992 Peru Missing Access
Atelopus sanjosei Rivero & Serna, 1989   1993 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874 Upper Amazon stubfoot toad - Peru (northern) Rediscovered Access
Atelopus senex Taylor, 1952 Pass stubfoot toad 1986 Costa Rica Missing Access
Atelopus sernai Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 - 2001 Antioquia Department, Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus simulatus Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 Imitating stubfoot toad 2003 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus siranus Lötters & Henzl, 2000   1988 Peru Missing Access
Atelopus sonsonensis Vélez-Rodriguez & Ruiz-Carranza, 1997 Sonsón stubfoot toad 1996 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus sorianoi La Marca, 1983 Cloud forest stubfoot toad 1990 the Paramito de San Francisco, near Guaraque, Mérida, Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela Missing Access
Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871 Pebas stubfoot toad 1977 Brazil, Colombia & Peru Missing Access
Atelopus spurrelli Boulenger, 1914 Condoto stubfoot toad 1990 Colombia Missing Access
Atelopus subornatus Werner, 1899 Bogotá stubfoot toad - Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus tamaense
La Marca, García-Pérez & Renjifo, 1990 Tamá harlequin toad, Venezuela stubfoot toad 1987 Colombia & Venezuela Missing Access
Atelopus tricolor
Boulenger, 1902 Bolivian stubfoot toad, Three-colored stubfoot toad, Three-coloured harlequin toad (rediscovered) Bolivia & Peru Rediscovered Access
Atelopus varius Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856 Painted frog, Clown frog, Veragoa stubfoot toad, Costa Rican variable harlequin toad, Talamancan harlequin frog - Costa Rica & Panama (western) Rediscovered Access
Atelopus vogli Müller, 1934 - 1933 Aragua State, Venezuela Missing Access
Atelopus walkeri Rivero, 1963 Walker's stubfoot toad - Cesar department & Magdalena department, Colombia Rediscovered Access
Atelopus zeteki Dunn, 1933 Panamanian golden toad late 200X's Panama Extinct in the wild Access
Atelopus sp. nov. 'Chimborazo' -   - Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Atelopus sp. nov. 'Lorocachi'     1996 Ecuador Missing Access

Bufoides kempi

(Boulenger, 1919)   (rediscovered) Garo Hills, Meghalaya, northeastern India Rediscovered Access
Dendrophryniscus proboscideus (Boulenger, 1882)   - Brazil & Salvador Rediscovered Access
Duttaphrynus hololius (Günther, 1876) Malabar toad, Günther's toad - Andhra Pradesh, India Rediscovered Access
Duttaphrynus peninsularis (Rao, 1920) Coorg toad 1920 Karnataka, India Invalid (synonym) Access

Duttaphrynus silentvalleyensis

(Pillai, 1981)
Silent Valley toad, South Indian hill toad
pre-1982 India Missing Access
Duttaphrynus sumatranus (Peters, 1871) - - Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Duttaphrynus valhallae (Meade-Waldo, 1909) Pulo Weh toad ? Weh Island, Indonesia Missing Access
Ghatophryne ornata (Günther, 1876) Malabar torrent toad, Black torrent toad, Ornate stream toad - India Rediscovered Access
Ghatophryne rubigina Pillai & Pattabiraman, 1981 Kerala stream toad - Silent Valley, Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
Incilius cristatus (Wiegmann, 1833) Large-crested toad - Sierra Madre Oriental (central), Puebla and Veracruz States, Mexico Rediscovered Access
Incilius fastidiosus Cope, 1875 Pico Blanco toad 1980's or later Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Incilius holdridgei Taylor, 1952 Holdridge's toad - Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
Incilius majordomus Savage, Ugarte & Donnelly, 2013 Chief's toad 1980 Panama Missing Access
Incilius periglenes Savage, 1966 Golden toad 15 May 1989 Monteverde, Costa Rica Extinct Access
Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus Braun, 1973   - Torres, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Melanophryniscus pachyrhynus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 - - Brazil & Uruguay Rediscovered Access
Melanophryniscus peritus Caramaschi & Cruz, 2011 - 1953 Minas Gerais State, Brazil Missing Access
Nannophryne cophotis (Boulenger, 1900) Paramo toad 2005 Peru Missing Access
Nectophrynoides asperginis Poynton, Howell, Clarke & Lovett, 1999 Kihansi spray toad 2004 Kihansi Falls, Kihansi Gorge, Udzungwa Mountains, eastern Tanzania Extinct in the wild Access
Nectophrynoides poyntoni Menegon, Salvidio & Loader, 2004   early 2003 Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania  Missing Access
Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis liberiensis (Xavier, 1979 "1978")   - Liberia Rediscovered Access
Pedostibes tuberculosus Günther, 1875 Malabar tree toad, Warty Asian tree toad - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
Pelophryne albotaeniata (Barbour, 1938) Palawan toadlet - Palawan Island, Philippines Rediscovered Access
Peltophryne fluviatica Schwartz, 1972 Hispaniolan crestless toad pre-1973 Hispaniola Missing Access

Peltophryne fracta

Schwartz, 1972 Eastern crested toad (rediscovered) Dominican Republic (eastern), Hispaniola Rediscovered Access
Peltophryne lemur Cope, 1869 "1868" Lowland Caribbean toad, Puerto Rican crested toad (rediscovered) Puerto Rico Rediscovered Access
Rhaebo atelopoides (Lynch & Ruiz-Carranza, 1981) - (rediscovered) Cauca Department, Colombia Rediscovered Access
Rhaebo colomai Hoogmoed, 1985 Carchi Andes toad (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Rhaebo olallai Hoogmoed, 1985 - (rediscovered) Río Manduriacu, Imbabura Province, Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Rhinella amabilis (Pramuk & Kadivar, 2003) - 10 June 1968 Ecuador Missing Access
Rhinella boulengeri Chaparro, Pramuk, Gluesenkamp & Frost, 2007 - (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
Rhinella chrysophora (McCranie, Wilson & Williams, 1989)   1996 Honduras Missing Access
Rhinella leptoscelis (Boulenger, 1912) - (rediscovered) Bolivia & Peru Rediscovered Access
Rhinella rostrata (Noble, 1920) Mesopotamia beaked toad 1914 Santa Rita Creek, Mesopotamia village, Colombia Missing Access
Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 - - Lesotho, South Africa & Swaziland Rediscovered Access
Sclerophrys perreti (Schiøtz, 1963) Perret’s toad - Idanre Hills,Ondo Province, Nigeria (southwestern) Rediscovered Access
Vandijkophrynus amatolicus Hewitt, 1925 Amatola toad 1997/98 Winterberg and Amatola Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Missing Access

 

 

Family: Calyptocephalellidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Telmatobufo venustus (Philippi, 1899) Chile mountain false toad - Chile Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Centrolenidae (Glassfrogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Centrolene ballux (Duellman & Burrowes, 1989) Burrowes' giant glass frog, Golden-flecked glassfrog (rediscovered) Colombia & Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Centrolene geckoidea Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 Pacific giant glass frog 1997 Colombia & Ecuador Missing Access
Centrolene gemmatum (Flores, 1985) Pampas giant glass frog 1985 or before Ecuador Missing Access
Centrolene heloderma Duellman, 1981 Pichincha giant glass frog - Colombia & Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Centrolene pipilata (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) Amazon giant glass frog 1977 Ecuador Missing Access
Centrolene solitaria (Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991) Lonely Cochran frog - Colombia Rediscovered Access

Hyalinobatrachium crybetes

McCranie & Wilson, 1997 - 1967 Honduras Missing Access
Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) Rio Azuela glass frog - Ecuador & Peru Rediscovered Access
Hyalinobatrachium petersi (Goin, 1961) Peters' glass frog 31 March 1990? Ecuador Invalid (synonym) Access
Hyalinobatrachium talamancae (Taylor, 1952) Talamanca glass frog - Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access

Nymphargus laurae

Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2007 Laura’s glassfrog (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Nymphargus truebae (Duellman, 1976) Trueb's Cochran frog 2005 Peru Missing Access

 

 

Family: Ceratobatrachidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Platymantis cornutus (Taylor, 1922) - - Philippines Rediscovered Access
Platymantis hazelae (Taylor, 1920) Hazel's wrinkled ground frog - Philippines Rediscovered Access
Platymantis megabotoniviti Worthy, 2001 Viti Levu giant ground frog Holocene Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Ceratophryidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Ceratophrys sagani
Barcelos et al., 2020   Late Pleistocene-Holocene border São Paulo, Brazil Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Conrauidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Conraua derooi Hulselmans, 1972 (1971?) Togo slippery frog - Ghana & Togo Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Craugastoridae (Strabomantidae may need to be separated out)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Atopophrynus syntomopus Lynch & Ruíz-Carranza, 1982 - ? Colombia Missing Access
Craugastor adamastus (Campbell, 1994)   mid-1980's Guatemala Missing Access

Craugastor anciano

(Savage, McCranie & Wilson, 1988) Corquin robber frog ? Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor andi (Savage, 1974) Atlantic robber frog 1990 Costa Rica Missing Access
Craugastor angelicus Savage, 1975 Angel robber frog - Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
Craugastor catalinae (Campbell & Savage, 2000)   1990 Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Craugastor chrysozetetes (McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989) McCranie's robber frog ? Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor coffeus McCranie and Köhler, 1999 Coffee coqui - Honduras (& Guatemala?) Rediscovered Access
Craugastor cruzi (McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989) Cruz robber frog 1988 Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor emleni Dunn in Dunn & Emlen, 1932 - - Honduras Rediscovered Access
Craugastor epochthidius (McCranie & Wilson, 1997)   1999 Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor escoces Savage, 1975 Heredia robber frog, Red-bellied frog - Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
Craugastor fecundus (McCranie & Wilson, 1997) - pre-1995 Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor fleischmanni (Boettger, 1892)
Fleischmann's robber frog
2 March 2010 Costa Rica Rediscovered (missing again) Access
Craugastor guerreroensis (Lynch, 1967) Guerreran robber frog (rediscovered) Mexico Rediscovered Access
Craugastor gulosus (Cope, 1875) - 1983 Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Craugastor merendonensis (Schmidt, 1933) San Pedro Robber Frog ? Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor milesi Schmidt, 1933 Montane streamside frog, Miles’ robber frog - Honduras Rediscovered Access

Craugastor myllomyllon

(Savage, 2000) - 1978 Alta Verapaz Department, central Guatemala Extinct Access
Craugastor obesus (Barbour, 1928) - 1984 Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Craugastor olanchano (McCranie & Wilson, 1999) - pre-2001 Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor omoaensis (McCranie & Wilson, 1997) - pre-1996 Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor palenque (Campbell & Savage, 2000) - - Palenque, Chiapas State, Mexico Rediscovered Access
Craugastor phasma (Lips & Savage, 1996)   1992 Costa Rica Missing Access
Craugastor polymniae Campbell, Lamar and Hillis, 1989 Rana-ladrona De Sierra De Juárez (Spanish) - Oaxaca, Mexico Rediscovered Access
Craugastor punctariolus (Peters, 1863) - ? Panama Missing Access
Craugastor rayo (Savage & DeWeese, 1979)
Sabana robber frog
1980's Costa Rica Missing Access
Craugastor rhyacobatrachus (Campbell & Savage, 2000)   1982 Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Craugastor saltuarius (McCranie & Wilson, 1997) - ? Honduras Missing Access
Craugastor silvicola (Lynch, 1967) - (rediscovered) Oaxaca (southern), México Rediscovered Access
Craugastor stadelmani Schmidt, 1936 Stadelman's coqui (rediscovered) Honduras Rediscovered Access
Craugastor trachydermus (Campbell, 1994) - ? Guatemala Missing Access
Holoaden bradei Lutz, 1958 Itatiaia highland frog 1976 Brazil Missing Access
Holoaden luederwaldti Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 - (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
Oreobates granulosus (Boulenger, 1903) - (rediscovered) Peru Rediscovered Access
Oreobates heterodactylus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937) - (rediscovered) Mato Grosso State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Oreobates zongoensis Reichle & Köhler, 1997 Tucuman robber frog (rediscovered) Zongo Valley, La Paz, Bolivia Rediscovered Access
Phrynopus montium (Shreve, 1938) Cascas Andes frog (rediscovered) Peru (central) Rediscovered Access
Phrynopus peruanus Peters, 1873 Peters' Andes frog (rediscovered) Junín Region, Peru Rediscovered Access
Pristimantis acerus (Lynch & Duellman, 1980) - (rediscovered) Upper Napo River, Ecuador Rediscovered Access

Pristimantis alalocophus

(Roa-Trujillo and Ruiz-Carranza, 1991) Quindío robber frog (rediscovered) Department of Quindío, Colombia Rediscovered Access
Pristimantis albericoi Lynch & Ruíz-Carranza, 1996 - pre-1997 Colombia Missing Access
Pristimantis anotis (Walker & Test, 1955) Aragua robber frog 1974 Venezuela Missing Access
Pristimantis bernali Lynch, 1986 Argelia robber frog 1981 Colombia Missing Access
Pristimantis hamiotae (Flores, 1993) Nono robber frog 1979 Ecuador Missing Access
Pristimantis molybrignus (Lynch, 1986) Uribe robber frog 1999 Colombia Missing Access
Pristimantis nebulosus (Henle, 1992)   (rediscovered) central Peru Rediscovered Access
Pristimantis phragmipleuron (Rivero & Serna, 1988) Sugar robber frog 1983 Colombia Missing Access
Pristimantis telefericus
(La Marca, 2005) Teleferico rubber frog, Merida cable car frog - Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Strabomantis cadenai (Lynch, 1986) Nutibara robber frog 1982 Antioquia Department, Colombia Missing Access
Strabomantis necerus (Lynch, 1975) Mindo robber frog 1995 Colombia & Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Cycloramphidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cycloramphus ohausi (Wandolleck, 1907)   1970's or later Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil Missing Access
Rhinoderma rufum Philippi, 1902 Halfswimmer frog, Chile Darwin’s frog 1978 or 1980 Chile Missing Access

 

 

Family: Dendrobatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Ameerega boliviana (Boulenger, 1902) - - Bolivia Rediscovered Access
Ameerega ingeri (Cochran & Goin, 1970) Niceforo's poison frog, Brother Niceforo's poison-arrow frog 1970 or before Colombia Missing Access
Ameerega planipaleae (Morales & Velazco, 1998) Oxapampa poison frog - Pasco Departamento, Peru Rediscovered Access
Andinobates abditus (Myers & Daly, 1976) Collins' poison frog ? Ecuador Missing Access
Andinobates viridis (Myers & Daly, 1976) Green poison frog 2005 Colombia Missing Access
Colostethus jacobuspetersi Rivero, 1991 - (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Ectopoglossus atopoglossus (Grant, Humphrey & Myers, 1997)   1990's Colombia Missing Access
Epipedobates maculatus (Peters, 1873)   1873 or prior "Chiriqui", Panama Missing Access
Excidobates captivus (Myers, 1982) Santiago poison frog, Rio Santiago poison frog - Peru Rediscovered Access
Excidobates mysteriosus (Myers, 1982) Marañón poison frog - Peru Rediscovered Access
Hyloxalus abditaurantius (Silverstone, 1975) Bello rocket frog 1990's Colombia Missing Access
Hyloxalus anthracinus Edwards, 1971 Anthracite poison frog, South American rocket frog - Ecuador (southern) Rediscovered Access
Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982) Edwards' rocket frog 1996 Colombia Missing Access

Hyloxalus ruizi

(Lynch, 1982) Ruiz's rocket frog 1979 Colombia Missing Access
Hyloxalus vertebralis (Boulenger, 1899)
Boulenger's rocket frog
1997 Ecuador Missing Access
Oophaga speciosa (Schmidt, 1857) Splendid poison frog 1992 Panama Extinct Access
Paruwrobates andinus (Myers & Burrowes, 1987) La Planada poison frog 1990's Colombia Missing Access
Ranitomeya abdita Myers & Daly, 1976 Collin's poison frog ? Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Dicroglossidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Euphlyctis ghoshi (Chanda, 1991) Manipur frog, Ghosh's frog ? India Missing Access

Fejervarya assimilis

Blyth, 1852 Calcutta frog pre-1853 Kolkata (=Calcutta), India Invalid (synonym) Access
Fejervarya brama Lesson, 1834 Bengal toad pre-1835 Bangladesh & India Invalid (synonym)? Access
Fejervarya murthii Pillai, 1979 Ghats wart frog, Murthy's frog 1979 Tamil Nadu, India Missing Access
Fejervarya parambikulamana Rao, 1937 Parambikulam frog pre-1938 Parambikulam forests, Kerala, India Missing Access
Ingerana charlesdarwini Das, 1998 Charles Darwin's frog - Mt. Harriet, South Andaman Island, India Rediscovered Access
Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871) Khasi wart frog - Khasi Hills, Meghalaya State, India Rediscovered Access
Nannophrys guentheri Boulenger, 1882 Gunther’s streamlined frog pre-1883 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Nanorana fansipani (Bourret, 1939) - 2000? Vietnam (northern) Invalid (synonym) Access
Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872) Murree Hill frog (rediscovered) India & Pakistan Rediscovered Access
Sphaerotheca leucorhynchus Rao, 1937 Rao's burrowing frog - Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
Zakerana sauriceps (Rao, 1937) Mysore wart frog pre-1938 Karnataka, India "Lost" Access

 

 

Family: Eleutherodactylidae (Greater Caribbean Landfrogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Eleutherodactylus brevirostris Shreve, 1936 Short-nosed green frog, Shortsnout robber frog 2006 Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus cubanus Barbour, 1942 - - Sierra Maestra, Cuba (eastern) Rediscovered Access
Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni Cochran, 1935 La Selle long-legged frog mid-1980's Haiti, Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus eneidae Rivero, 1959 Slender coqui, Elegant coqui, Eneida's coqui 1990 Puerto Rico Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides Shreve, 1936 La Selle grass frog 9 July 1985 Massif de la Selle, Haiti, Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus jasperi Drewry and Jones, 1976 Golden coqui (frog) 1981 Puerto Rico Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti Grant, 1931 Karl's robber frog, Web-footed coqui, Stream coqui 1974 (1976? 1988?) Puerto Rico Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus limbensis Lynn, 1958 Haitian streamside frog 1978 Haiti, Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus orcutti Dunn, 1928 Orcutt's coqui, Arntully Robber frog 1985 or later Jamaica (eastern) Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus poolei Cochran, 1938 Citadel frog (rediscovered) Haiti, Hispaniola Rediscovered Access
Eleutherodactylus ranoides (Cope, 1886) - - Costa Rica & Nicaragua Rediscovered Access
Eleutherodactylus rucillensis Cochran, 1939 Rucilla Streamside frog 1986 Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus schmidti Noble, 1923 Schmidt's coqui mid 1980's Hispaniola Missing Access
Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus Shreve, 1936 Tiburón stream frog - Haiti, Hispaniola Rediscovered Access
Eleutherodactylus turquinensis Barbour & Shreve, 1937 - - Sierra Maestra, Cuba (eastern) Rediscovered Access
Eleutherodactylus sp. nov. 'Saint-Barthélemy' - - ? Saint-Barthélemy, Anguilla Bank, Lesser Antilles Missing or invalid Access
Eleutherodactylus sp. nov. 'Saint-Martin' - - ? Saint-Martin, Anguilla Bank, Lesser Antilles Missing or invalid Access

 

 

Family: Hemiphractidae (Marsupial frogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fritziana ulei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 - - Nova Friburgo, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Gastrotheca angustifrons (Boulenger, 1898) Pacific marsupial frog 1990's Colombia Missing Access
Gastrotheca antomia Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, Lynch & Restrepo, 1997   1997 Colombia Missing Access
Gastrotheca chrysosticta Laurent, 1976 Baritú’s marsupial frog (rediscovered) Argentina Rediscovered Access
Gastrotheca cornuta (Boulenger, 1889) Horned marsupial frog (rediscovered) Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama Rediscovered Access
Gastrotheca gracilis Laurent, 1969 La Banderita marsupial frog - Argentina Rediscovered Access
Gastrotheca lauzuricae De la Riva, 1992 La Siberia marsupial frog 1989 Bolivia Missing Access
Gastrotheca splendens (Schmidt, 1857) Schmidt's marsupial frog - Panama Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Hylidae (Typical Treefrogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Agalychnis medinae (Funkhouser, 1962)   - Venezuela Rediscovered Access
Aplastodiscus flumineus (Cruz & Peixoto, 1984) - ? Brazil Missing Access
Aplastodiscus musicus (Lutz, 1949 "1948")   - Brazil (southeastern) Relocated or rediscovered Access
Argenteohyla siemersi siemersi (Mertens, 1937) Red-spotted Argentina frog 1982 Argentina & Uruguay Extinct Access
Boana claresignata (A. Lutz & B. Lutz, 1939) - c.1979 Brazil Missing Access
Bokermannohyla izecksohni (Jim and Caramaschi, 1979) - - Rubião Júnior, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Bromeliohyla dendroscarta Taylor, 1940 Greater bromeliad treefrog - Veracruz (central) and Oaxaca (northern), Mexico Rediscovered Access
Charadrahyla altipotens Duellman, 1968 Yellowbelly voiceless treefrog, Yellow-bellied voiceless treefrog - Oaxaca (south-western), Mexico Rediscovered Access
Charadrahyla trux (Adler & Dennis, 1972) Spine-fingered treefrog, Spinefinger treefrog - Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, México Rediscovered Access

Dendropsophus battersbyi

(Rivero, 1961) Battersby’s treefrog pre-1962 Caracas Valley, Venezuela Missing Access
Dendropsophus ruschii Weygoldt & Peixoto, 1987 Ruschi's treefrog - Brazil Rediscovered Access
Dendropsophus tintinnabulum (Melin, 1941) - - Amazonas State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Dryaderces inframaculata Boulenger, 1882 Santarem treefrog - Santarém, Pará State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Duellmanohyla ignicolor (Duellman, 1961) - - Oaxaca state, Mexico Rediscovered Access

Ecnomiohyla echinata

(Duellman, 1961) Oaxacan fringe-limbed treefrog 1962 Mexico Missing Access
Ecnomiohyla minera (Wilson, McCranie & Williams, 1985) Guatemala treefrog (rediscovered) Belize & Guatemala Rediscovered Access
Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria (Dunn, 1943)   - Colombia & Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Ecnomiohyla rabborum Mendelson, Savage, Griffith, Ross, Kubicki & Gagliardo, 2008
Rabb’s fringe-limbed treefrog
  Panama Extinct Access

Hyla auraria

Peters, 1873 - pre-1874 South America? Invalid? Access
Hyla baderi Lynch, 1965 - Late Pleistocene or Holocene Florida, USA Extinct Access
Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg, 1958 - Late Pleistocene or Holocene Barbuda, Leeward Islands Extinct Access
Hyla bocourti Mocquard, 1899 - ? Guatemala Missing Access
Hyla heinzsteinitzi Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007 - ? Israel & the Palestinian territories Missing Access
Hyla nicefori Cochran & Goin, 1970 Colombian backpack frog pre-1971 Colombia Missing Access
Hyloscirtus charazani (Vellard, 1970) - - Bolivia Rediscovered Access
Hyloscirtus chlorosteus Reynolds & Foster, 1992) Parjacti treefrog 1970's Parjacti, Provincia Chapare, Bolivia Missing Access
Hypsiboas cymbalum (Bokermann, 1963)     Brazil Missing Access
Hypsiboas melanopleura (Boulenger, 1912) Lower Andes treefrog - Peru Rediscovered Access
Isthmohyla calypsa (Lips, 1996)   ? Costa Rica & Panama Missing Access
Isthmohyla debilis Taylor, 1952 Isla Bonita treefrog - Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
Isthmohyla graceae Myers & Duellman, 1982 Continental Divide treefrog - Panama Rediscovered Access
Isthmohyla pictipes (Cope, 1875) Pico Blanco treefrog (rediscovered) Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
Isthmohyla rivularis Taylor, 1952   - Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
Isthmohyla tica Starrett, 1966 Starrett's treefrog - Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
Litoria castanea Steindachner, 1867 Yellow-spotted tree frog, Cream-spotted treefrog, Yellow-speckled treefrog, New England bell frog - New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered Access
Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1878 - - Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
Litoria leucova (Tyler, 1968) - - Mount Stolle, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
Litoria lorica Davies & McDonald, 1979 Armoured mistfrog, Armoured frog, Thornton Peak tree frog - Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 Mountain mistfrog, Mountain mist frog, Nyakala frog, Henrietta Creek treefrog November 1990 Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
Litoria obsoleta Lönnberg, 1900 - pre-1901 Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
Litoria piperata Tyler & Davies, 1985 Peppered tree frog 1973 New South Wales, Australia Missing Access
Megastomatohyla mixomaculata (Taylor, 1950) Variegated treefrog - Mexico Rediscovered Access
Megastomatohyla pellita (Duellman, 1968) Oaxacan yellow treefrog - Oaxaca State, México Rediscovered Access
Osteocephalus vilarsi (Melin, 1941) - - Amazonas, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) - - Brazil Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla calthula (Ustach, Mendelson, McDiarmid and Campbell, 2000) - - Oaxaca, México Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla calvicollina Toal, 1994 Cerro Pelón treefrog 9:00 PM, 9 August 1980 Oaxaca, Mexico Missing Access
Plectrohyla celata Toal & Mendelson III, 1995 Oaxaca treefrog - Oaxaca State, México Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla chryses (Adler, 1965) Golden treefrog - Carrizal de Bravos, central-western Guerrero, Mexico Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla chrysopleura Wilson, McCranie and Cruz, 1994 - - Cerro Bufalo, Quebrado de Oro, Sierra Nombre de Dios, Departamento Atlantida in north-central Honduras Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla crassa (Brocchi, 1877) Aquatic treefrog - Oaxaca (central and northern), Mexico Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla cyanomma Caldwell, 1974 Blue-eyed aquatic treefrog 1980 Oaxaca, Mexico Missing Access
Plectrohyla ephemera Meik, Canseco-Márquez, Smith & Campbell, 2005 - ? Mexico Missing Access
Plectrohyla pycnochila Rabb, 1959   1954 Mexico Missing Access
Plectrohyla psarosema (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) - - Sierra Mixes, Oaxaca, México Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla robertsorum (Taylor, 1940) (1939?) Roberts' treefrog - Hidalgo, Mexico Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla siopela Duellman, 1968 Voiceless treefrog pre-2000 Veracruz, Mexico Missing Access
Plectrohyla tecunumani Duellman & Campbell, 1984 Cave spikethumb frog (rediscovered) Guatemala Rediscovered Access
Plectrohyla teuchestes Duellman & Campbell, 1992 - (rediscovered) Guatemala Rediscovered Access
Sarcohyla charadricola (Duellman, 1964) Puebla treefrog 1961 Mexico Missing Access
Sarcohyla cembra Caldwell, 1974 - - Oaxaca State, México Rediscovered Access
Sarcohyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940) Hazel's treefrog - Guerrero & Oaxaca States, México Rediscovered Access
Sarcohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942)   1940 Veracruz, Mexico Missing Access
Sarcohyla sabrina (Caldwell, 1974) Sierra Juarez treefrog 1970's Oaxaca, Mexico Missing Access
Sarcohyla thorectes Adler, 1965 Adler's mottled treefrog - Mexico Rediscovered Access
Scinax heyeri Peixoto & Weygoldt, 1986 - ? Espírito Santo, south-eastern Brazil Missing Access
Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann, 1973 Paulo’s lime treefrog - southern Bahia state, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Hylodidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Crossodactylus trachystomus (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)   (rediscovered) Minas Gerais State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Crossodactylus werneri Pimenta, Cruz & Caramaschi, 2014   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
Hylodes regius Gouvêa, 1979 Royal tree toad (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
Megaelosia bocainensis
Giaretta, Bokermann & Haddad, 1993 Bocaina big-tooth frog (rediscovered) São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Hyperoliidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Callixalus pictus Laurent, 1950   ? DR Congo Missing Access
Chrysobatrachus cupreonitens Laurent, 1951 Itombwe golden frog - Itombwe Mountains, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Rediscovered Access
Hyperolius chrysogaster Laurent, 1950 Goldbelly reed frog - Itombwe Mountains, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Rediscovered Access
Hyperolius leucotaenius Laurent, 1950 White-striped reed frog - Itombwe Mountains, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Rediscovered Access
Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 Mount Nimba reed frog - Ivory Coast (Republic of Guinea & Liberia?) Rediscovered Access
Hyperolius ruvuensis Barratt, Lawson & Loader, 2015     Tanzania Missing Access
Hyperolius sankuruensis Laurent, 1979 Omaniundu reed frog - Democratic Republic of Congo Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Leptodactylidae (Neotropical Thin-toed frogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Leptodactylus hylodes (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 "1861") Reinhardt & Lütken's thin-toed frog 1860's Sergipe, Brazil Missing Access
Paratelmatobius gaigeae Cochran, 1938   - Brazil Rediscovered Access
Paratelmatobius mantiqueira Pombal & Haddad, 1999 - - Campos do Jordao, Serra de Mantiqueira, São Paulo state, south-eastern Brazil Rediscovered Access
Phrynopus spectabilis Duellman, 2000 - ? Peru Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Family: Limnodynastidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Lechriodus papuanus (Roux, 1927)   ? New Guinea Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Family: Mantellidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Boophis williamsi (Guibé, 1974) Williams' bright-eyed frog - Madagascar Rediscovered Access
Mantidactylus pauliani Guibé, 1974 Madagascar frog - Madagascar Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Micrixalidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Micrixalus elegans Rao, 1937 Elegant torrent frog, Elegant dancing frog - Hassan district, Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937) - - India Rediscovered Access
Micrixalus narainensis Rao, 1937 Narain's torrent frog 1937 Karnataka, India Invalid (synonym) Access
Micrixalus silvaticus (Boulenger, 1882) Forest torrent frog, Forest dancing frog -
Kadalar estate, Idukki district & Malabar, both Kerala, India
Rediscovered Access
Micrixalus swamianus Rao, 1937 Ramaswami's torrent frog pre-1938 Karnataka, India Invalid (synonym) Access
Micrixalus thampii Pillai, 1981 Silent Valley torrent frog, Silent Valley dancing frog, Silent Valley tropical frog - Silent  Valley, Palakkad district, Kerala state, India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Microhylidae (Narrow-mouthed frogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Austrochaperina brevipes (Boulenger, 1897)   - Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
Austrochaperina yelaensis Zweifel, 2000   - Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
Glyphoglossus volzi (van Kampen, 1905)   - Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Hyophryne histrio Carvalho, 1954   - Bahia state, Brazil Rediscovered Access
Madecassophryne truebae
Guibé, 1974
  - Madagascar Rediscovered Access
Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878 Galaxy frog, Black narrow-mouth frog - India Rediscovered Access
Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) - - Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Oreophryne insulana Zweifel, 1956   - Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
Parhoplophryne usambarica Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 Amani Forest frog, Usambara black-banded frog 1920's East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania Missing Access
Ramanella minor Rao, 1937 Little dot frog pre-1938 Karnataka, India Invalid (synonym) Access
Uperodon anamalaiensis Rao, 1937   - Anamallai Hills, Coimbatore District, Western Ghats (southern), Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
Uperodon montanus (Jerdon, 1853) Mountain dot frog - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Myobatrachidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Kyrranus sp. nov. 'Darling Downs #1'

-   Late Pleistocene Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
Kyrranus sp. nov. 'Darling Downs #2' -   Late Pleistocene Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
Rheobatrachus silus Liem, 1973 Southern gastric brooding frog, Platypus frog, Southern platypus frog, Southern platypusfrog, Conondale gastric-brooding frog 1983 Australia Extinct Access
Rheobatrachus vitellinus Mahony, Tyler & Davies, 1984 Northern gastric brooding frog, Eungella gastric-brooding frog, Stream frog, Northern platypus frog, Northern platypusfrog March 1985 Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
Taudactylus acutirostris Andersson, 1916 Sharp-snouted day frog, Sharp-snouted torrent frog, Sharp-nosed torrent frog, Tinker frog November 1996 Queensland (including Goold Island), Australia Extinct Access
Taudactylus diurnus Straughan & Lee, 1966 Southern day frog, Mount Glorious day frog, Mount Glorious torrent frog 1979 New South Wales & Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
Taudactylus eungellensis Liem & Hosmer, 1973 Eungella day frog, Eungella torrent frog (rediscovered) Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
Taudactylus rheophilus Liem & Hosmer, 1973 Northern tinker frog, Mountain day frog, Blunt-nosed torrent frog, Tinkling frog November 1996 Queensland, Australia Missing Access

Uperoleia marmorata

Gray, 1841 Marbled toadlet, Gray's marbled toadlet 1841 southern side of the mouth of Prince Regent River, Kimberley region, Western Australia, Australia Missing Access
Uperoleia mjobergii Andersson, 1913 Mjoberg’s toadlet - Fitzroy River plains and surrounding area, Western Australia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Nyctibatrachidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Nyctibatrachus kempholeyensis (Rao, 1937) Kempholey night frog (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris Rao, 1920 Coorg night frog, Sacred swamp wrinkled frog (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus Rao, 1937 Forest night frog (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Odontophrynidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Proceratophrys moratoi (Caramaschi & Jim, 1980)   - Botucatu, São Paulo state, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Petropedetidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Petropedetes dutoiti Loveridge, 1935 Du Toit's torrent frog, Kenya rocky river frog, Elgon montane torrent frog 17 May 1962 Mount Elgon, Kenya (& Uganda?) Missing Access

 

 

Family: Phrynobatrachidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Phrynobatrachus asper Laurent, 1951 Itombwe River frog - Itombwe Highlands in southern Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Rediscovered Access
Phrynobatrachus manengoubensis (Angel, 1940) Manengouba River frog pre-2009 Cameroon Missing or invalid Access

Phrynobatrachus njiomock

Zimkus & Gvoždík, 2013 Lake Oku puddle frog 2010 Mount Oku, Cameroon Missing Access

 

 

Family: Phyllomedusidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Phrynomedusa appendiculata (Lutz, 1925)   - Brazil Rediscovered Access
Phrynomedusa fimbriata Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923 - pre-1924 Sao Paulo state, Brazil Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Ptychadenidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Ptychadena nana Perret, 1980 Somali grassland frog, Smallest grass frog - Ethiopia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ranidae (Waterfrogs)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Amolops chakrataensis Ray, 1992
Dehradun stream frog
- Dehra Dun District, Chakrata, Uttar Pradesh, India Rediscovered Access
Amolops jaunsari Ray, 1992 - ? India Missing Access
Hylarana bhagmandlensis Rao, 1922 Small wood frog 1921 Karnataka, India Invalid (synonym) Access
Hylarana intermedius Rao, 1937 Saklespur frog - Saklespur, Hassan District, Mysore State, Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
Hylarana montanus Rao, 1922 Bhagamandla frog - Bhagamandla, Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
Lithobates fisheri Stejneger, 1893 Las Vegas leopard frog, Vegas Valley leopard frog - Nevada, USA Rediscovered Access
Lithobates omiltemanus Günther, 1900 Guerrera leopard frog - Mexico Rediscovered Access
Lithobates onca (Cope, 1875) Relict leopard frog - USA Rediscovered Access
Lithobates pueblae (Zweifel, 1955) Puebla leopard frog, Puebla frog pre-1956 Mexico Missing Access
Lithobates sevosus (Goin and Netting, 1940) Dusky gopher frog, Mississippi gopher frog - USA Rediscovered Access
Lithobates tlaloci Hillis & Frost, 1985 Tlaloc’s leopard frog pre-1986 Mexico Missing Access
Lithobates vibicarius Cope, 1894 Rancho Redondo frog, Green-eyed frog - Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
Pulchrana guttmani (Brown, 2015) Guttman’s stream frog (rediscovered) Mindanao, Philippines Rediscovered Access
Rana chevronta Hu & Ye, 1978 Chevron-spotted brown frog, Toudaohe frog 1983 Sichuan, China Missing Access
Rana nebulosa Hallowell, 1861 - 1800's Hong Kong "Lost" Access
Sanguirana igorota (Taylor, 1922)   - Philippines Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ranixalidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Indirana longicrus

(Rao, 1937) - pre-1938 India Missing Access
Indirana tenuilingua (Rao, 1937)   pre-1938? India Missing Access

 

 

Family: Rhacophoridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chiromantis shyamrupus (Chandra & Ghosh, 1989) Shyamrup's bush frog, Hornbill bubble-nest frog ? India Missing Access
Chiromantis simus (Annandale, 1915) Assam Asian treefrog, Annandale's tree frog, Annandale's pigmy tree frog - Bangladesh & India Rediscovered Access
Frankixalus jerdonii Günther, 1876 Jerdon's bubble-nest frog - West Bengal, India Rediscovered Access
Kurixalus naso (Annandale, 1912) Uphill tree frog, Long-snouted treefrog, Annandale's high altitude frog - India Rediscovered Access
Liuixalus romeri (Smith, 1953)   - Hong Kong Rediscovered Access
Philautus adspersus Günther, 1872 Thwaites's shrub frog c.1886 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Philautus jacobsoni van Kampen, 1912 - pre-1913 Mount Ungaran, central Java, Indonesia Missing Access
Philautus leucorhinus Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856 White-nosed shrub
frog, Sudu nasethi
panduru madiya
pre-1857 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus dimbullae Shreve, 1940 Dimbulla shrub frog, Dimbulla panduru madiya 1933 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus eximius Shreve, 1940 Queenwood shrub
frog, Queenwood
panduru madiya
1933 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus extirpo Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005 Blunt-snouted shrub
frog, Mota-hombu
panduru madiya
1882 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus halyi Boulenger, 1904 Pattipola shrub frog, Pattipola panduru
madiya
1899 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus hypomelas Günther, 1876 Webless shrub
frog, Patala rahith
apnduru madiya
- Sri Lanka Rediscovered Access
Pseudophilautus maia Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007 - c.1860 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi Ahl, 1927 Malcomsmith's shrub
frog, Malcomsmithge
panduru madiya
pre-1948 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus nanus Günther, 1869 Southern shrub
frog, Dakunu diga
panduru madiya
pre-1870 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus nasutus Günther, 1869 "1868" Pointed-snouted
shrub frog, Ul hombu
panduru madiya 
pre-1870 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872 Sharp-snouted shrub
frog, Thiyunu hombu
panduru madiya
pre-1873 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus pardus Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007 Leopard shrub frog pre-1859 Sri Lanka Invalid (synonym) Access
Pseudophilautus rugatus Ahl, 1927 Farnland shrub frog, Farnland panduru
madiya
pre-1928 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus semiruber Annandale, 1913 Annandale's shrub
frog, Annandalege
panduru madiya
- Sri Lanka Rediscovered Access
Pseudophilautus stellatus Kelaart, 1853 Kelaart's starry shrub frog, Spotted shrub frog, Pulli sahitha panduru
madiya
- Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka Rediscovered Access
Pseudophilautus temporalis Günther, 1864 Striped-snouted
shrub frog, Hombu
thirethi panduru madiya
pre-1865 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus variabilis Günther, 1858 Günther's shrub frog, Güntherge panduru
madiya
1857 or 1858 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus zal Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004 White blotched shrub
frog, Sudu pulli ethi
panduru madiya
1946 or 1947 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Pseudophilautus zimmeri Ahl, 1927 Rummassala shrub
frog, Rummassala
panduru madiya
pre-1928 Sri Lanka Extinct Access
Raorchestes chalazodes (Günther, 1876)   - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
Raorchestes dubius (Boulenger, 1882) Darjeeling bubble-nest frog, Boulenger's tree frog, Günther's micro tree frog 1872 West Bengal, India Missing Access
Raorchestes flaviventris Boulenger, 1882 Malabar bubble-nest frog, Yellow-bellied bush frog - Malabar, India Rediscovered Access
Raorchestes kempii Annandale, 1912 Kemp's spadefoot frog pre-1913 Arunachal Pradesh, India Rediscovered Access
Raorchestes microdiscus Annandale, 1912 Kobo bubble-nest frog pre-1913 Assam, India Missing Access
Raorchestes montanus Günther, 1876 Kudra Mukh frog pre-1877 Karnataka, India Missing Access
Raorchestes sahai (Sarkar & Ray, 2006) Sahai bush frog 1988 Arunachal Pradesh, India Missing Access
Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus Das & Chanda, 1997 Sacred Grove bush frog - Jabalpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India Rediscovered Access
Raorchestes shillongensis Pillai & Chanda, 1973 - pre-1994 India Missing Access
Raorchestes terebrans (Das & Chanda, 1998) Boring bush frog 1983 Andhra Pradesh, India Missing Access
Raorchestes travancoricus Boulenger, 1891   - Travancore, India Rediscovered Access
Rhacophorus bifasciatus van Kampen, 1923   - Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883 Little tree frog, Small tree frog - Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
Rhacophorus poecilonotus Boulenger, 1920 Sumatra flying frog - West Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Rhacophorus yaoshanensis Liu & Hu, 1962   - China Rediscovered Access
Theloderma kwangsiensis
Liu & Hu, 1962   - China Rediscovered Access
Theloderma margaritifer (Boulenger, 1882)   - Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) Eerie tree frog, Assam Indonesian treefrog, Xizang warty treefrog, Black-spotted frog - India (Arunachal Pradesh & Assam) and China (Xizang) Rediscovered Access
Theloderma phrynoderma (Ahl, 1927)   - Myanmar (central) Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Telmatobiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Telmatobius bolivianus Parker, 1940   2007 Bolivia Missing Access
Telmatobius ceiorum Laurent, 1970   1984 Argentina Missing Access
Telmatobius cirrhacelis Trueb, 1979 Loja water frog November 1981 Ecuador Missing Access
Telmatobius dankoi Formas et al., 1999 Loa water frog June 2019 El Loa province, Chile Possibly extinct in the wild Access
Telmatobius edaphonastes
De la Riva, 1994
  1999 Bolivia Missing Access
Telmatobius espadai De la Riva, 2005 - 1998 Bolivia Missing Access
Telmatobius gigas Vellard, 1969 "1968"   - Bolivia Rediscovered Access
Telmatobius halli Noble, 1938 Hall's water frog - Ollagüe, El Loa Province, Chile Rediscovered Access
Telmatobius intermedius Vellard, 1951
Allipaca water frog
- Allipaca, near Puquio, Ayacucho Department, Peruvian Andes (southern) Rediscovered Access
Telmatobius laticeps (Laurent, 1977) Tucuman water frog 1992 Tafí valley, Tucumán Province, Argentina Missing Access
Telmatobius mendelsoni De la Riva, Trueb & Duellman, 2012 - 2007 Peru Missing Access
Telmatobius niger Barbour & Noble, 1920 Black water frog December 1994 Ecuador Missing Access
Telmatobius pefauri Veloso & Trueb, 1976 Arico water frog 1976 Murmuntani, Parinacota Province, Chile Missing Access
Telmatobius sibiricus De la Riva & Harvey, 2003   2003 Bolivia Missing Access
Telmatobius vellardi Munsterman & Leviton, 1959 Vellard's water frog July 1987 Ecuador Missing Access
Telmatobius yuracare De la Riva, 1994 Sehuencas water frog - Bolivia Rediscovered Access

 

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