Ikakogi Explained

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]

Taxonomy

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)

Notes and References

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