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Phyllonastes

Phyllonastes is a genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae.

Last revised
Jul 12, 2026
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302 w
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Phyllonastes
P. coloma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Subfamily: Holoadeninae
Genus: Phyllonastes
Heyer, 1977
Type species1
Euparkerella myrmecoides
Lynch, 1976
Species

16 (see text)

Phyllonastes is a genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae.1

Taxonomy

Phyllonastes was relegated to a junior synonym of Noblella in 2008.2 However, this resulted in polyphyly within Noblella, and the genus was resurrected in 2024.3

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Phyllonastes as of July 2026:1

  • Phyllonastes arutam (Brito-Zapata, Chávez-Reyes, Pallo-Robles, Carrión-Olmedo, Cisneros-Heredia, and Reyes-Puig, 2024)
  • Phyllonastes cerrogolondrinas Ortega, Cisneros-Heredia, Camper, Romero-Carvajal, Negrete, and Ron, 2025
  • Phyllonastes coloma (Guayasamin and Terán-Valdez, 2009)
  • Phyllonastes dicaprioi Ortega et al., 2025
  • Phyllonastes ecuadoriensis Ortega et al., 2025
  • Phyllonastes heyeri Lynch, 1986
  • Phyllonastes lochites (Lynch, 1976)
  • Phyllonastes lynchi Duellman, 1991
  • Phyllonastes macuma Ortega et al., 2025
  • Phyllonastes mindo (Reyes-Puig, Guayasamin, Koch, Brito-Zapata, Hollanders, Costales, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2021)
  • Phyllonastes myrmecoides (Lynch, 1976)
  • Phyllonastes naturetrekii (Reyes-Puig, Reyes-Puig, Ron, Ortega, Guayasamin, Goodrum, Recalde, Vieira, Koch, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2019)
  • Phyllonastes personinus (Harvey, Almendáriz, Brito-M., and Batallas-R., 2013)
  • Phyllonastes plateadensis Ortega et al., 2025
  • Phyllonastes sardinayacu Ortega et al., 2025
  • Phyllonastes worleyae (Reyes-Puig, Maynard, Trageser, Vieira, Hamilton, Lynch, Culebras, Kohn, Brito, and Guayasamin, 2020)
References

References

  1. Frost, Darrel (2026). "Phyllonastes Heyer, 1977". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  2. De la Riva, I.; J. C. Chaparro; J. M. Padial (2008). "The taxonomic status of Phyllonastes Heyer and Phrynopus peruvianus (Noble) (Lissamphibia, Anura): resurrection of Noblella Barbour" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1685: 67–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1685.1.5.
  3. von May, R.; Diaz, M.I.; Ttito, A.; Santa-Cruz Farfan, R.; Catenazzi, A. (2024). "The rediscovery of Noblella peruviana after more than 115 years helps resolve the molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Noblella (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae)". Diversity. 16 (613): 1–15. doi:10.3390/d16100613.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)