Biography
Philip Arthur Silverstone Sopkin, US-born Colombian herpetologist and botanist (Chicago 09 October 1939 –
DESCRIBED NEW TAXA
Amphibia
Species
Adelphobates quinquevittatus 1975
Allobates ranoides 1971
Allobates zaparo 1976
Ameerega bassleri 1975
Ameerega ingeri 1975
Ameerega parvula 1975
Ameerega petersi 1976
Ameerega picta 1975
Ameerega pulchripecta 1976
Ameerega smaragdina 1976
Ameerega trivittata 1976
Andinobates altobueyensis 1975
Andinobates fulguritus 1975
Colostethus fraterdanieli 1971
Colostethus imbricolus 1975
Dendrobates tinctorius 1975
Epipedobates anthonyi 1976
Hyloxalus abditaurantius 1975
Hyloxalus lehmanni 1971
Hyloxalus ramosi 1971
Phyllobates vittatus 1975
Plantae
Species
Browneopsis sanintiae 2010
Dicranopygium callithrix 2004
Epidendrum torraense 2001 with Hagsater
Peperomia rivulamans 2011
HONORS
Silverstoneia Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo et al. 2006 (Amphibia)