Dryadobates alagoanus

Dryadobates alagoanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Aromobatidae
Genus: Dryadobates
Species:
D. alagoanus
Binomial name
Dryadobates alagoanus
(Bokermann, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phyllobates alagoanus Bokermann, 1967
  • Colostethus alagoanus Edwards, 1971
  • Allobates alagoanus Grant, Frost, Caldwell, et al. 2006

Dryadobates alagoanus is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the coastal forest regions of Brazil.[1]

The species was formerly consigned to synonymy with Dryadobates olfersioides.[2] Following genetic and morphometric analyses, it was re-elevated to species status in 2025.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Dryadobates alagoanus (Bokermann, 1967)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History.
  2. ↑ Verdade, Vanessa K.; Rodrigues, Miguel T. "Taxonomic Review of Allobates (Anura, Aromobatidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil". Journal of Herpetology. 41 (4): 566–580. doi:10.1670/06-094.1.
  3. ↑ Grant, Taran; Lyra, Mariana L.; Hofreiter, Michael; Preick, Michaela; Barlow, Axel; Verdade, Vanessa K.; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefant (2025). "Museomics and the Systematics of the Atlantic Forest Nurse Frogs (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 472: 1–76. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.472.1.1.