Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Dendrobatidae
Subfamilia: Colostethinae
Genus: Epipedobates
Species: Epipedobates espinosai
Name
Epipedobates espinosai (Funkhouser, 1956)
Type locality: "Hacienda Espinosa, elevation about 1,000 ft., 9 km. west of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Province of Pichincha, northwestern Ecuador".
Holotype: CAS-SU 10577.
Synonyms
* Phyllobates espinosai Funkhouser, 1956
* Dendrobates espinosai — Myers, Daly & Malkin, 1978
* Epipedobates espinosai — Myers, 1987
* Ameerega espinosai — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
References
* Funkhouser, 1956, Zoologica, New York, 41: 76.
* Myers, 1987, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 36: 303.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Epipedobates espinosai . Accessed on 24 May 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Epipedobates espinosai (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 24 May 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Espinosa Poison Frog
