Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in lowland to montane
moist forests
on mountain slopes
. It occurs in both pristine
and disturbed
habitats
. Breeding takes place in small intermittent
or permanent waterbodies. (Ref. 57792)
List of Habitats:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Phyllomedusinae
()
- Genus:
Agalychnis
()
- Cope, 1864
- Specific name:
moreletii
- (Duméril, 1853)
- Scientific name: - Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)
- Specific name:
moreletii
- (Duméril, 1853)
- Genus:
Agalychnis
(
- Subfamily:
Phyllomedusinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agalychnis
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
A. alcorni · A. annae · A. calcarifer · A. callidryas (Red-Eyed Tree Frog) · A. callidryas callidryas · A. craspedopus · A. dacnicolor · A. helenae · A. litodryas · A. moreleti · A. moreletii · A. saltator · A. spurreli · A. spurrelli (Gliding Leaf Frog)
Bibliography
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Duellman, W.E. 2001. The Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
- Lee, J.C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. 500 pp.
- Lips, K.R., Mendelson III, J.R., Munoz-Alonso, A., Canseco-Marquez, L. and Mulcahy, D.G. 2004. Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation 119: 555-564.
- McCranie, J.R. and Wilson, L.D. 2002. The Amphibians of Honduras. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
- Santos-Barrera, G., Lee, J., Acevedo, M. & Wilson, L.D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475754
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208133
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208133
- IUCN ID: 55293
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144580
