Ikakogi is a genus of frogs in the family Centrolenidae.[1][2] It has been tentatively placed in the subfamily Centroleninae, although more recent analyses suggest that it is the sister group of the clade Centroleninae+Hyalinobatrachiinae.[1]

Ikakogi
Adult male of Ikakogi tayrona.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Ikakogi
Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009

Taxonomy edit

Until 2019, the genus was considered to be monotypic, but now contains the following two species:

  • Ikakogi ispacue Rada, Dias, Peréz-González, Anganoy-Criollo, Rueda-Solano, Pinto-E., Mejía Quintero, Vargas-Salinas, and Grant, 2019
  • Ikakogi tayrona (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Ikakogi Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Centrolenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.