Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
black spiny-chest frog, Sapo Arriero
Common Names in Spanish:
Sapo arriero
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It can be found in temperate
shrubland and seasonal and permanent
streams
, in which it reproduces. It is not tolerant
of habitat
destruction.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Family:
Cycloramphidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Cycloramphidae
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Borborocoetes kriegi • Borborocoetus valdivianus • Cacotus maculatus • Cystignathus cinerascens • Cystignathus granulatus • Cystignathus zebra • Eupsophus illotus (Barbour • Paludicola illotus • Paludicola muelleri
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alsodes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. barrioi (Cabreria Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. gargola (Tonchek Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. monticola (Island Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. nodosus (Black Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. tumultuosus (La Parva Spiny-Chest Frog)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 88.
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 130, p. 325.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 26, p. 27, p. 41.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1988 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 10, p. 26, fig. 7, page 27, p. 28, p. 36, p. 38, p. 41, p. 43, p. 44, p. 45, p. 50, p. 52.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 521, p. 527, p. 530, p. 708, p. 716, p. 717, p. 718, p. 898, p. 925, p. 926.
- Spixiana. München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 171.
- The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 361, p. 400.
Notes
Contributors
- Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez 2010. Alsodes nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28068
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-550326
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550326
- IUCN ID: 190108
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1251
Footnotes
- Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez 2010. Alsodes nodosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. ... [back]
