Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It lives in montane
forest
, occurring only in mature
, undisturbed
forest. It breeds
in pools
and slow streams
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Bufonidae
()
- Gray, 1825
- Genus:
Amietophrynus
()
- D.R. Frost et al., 2006
- Specific name:
kisoloensis
- (Loveridge, 1932)
- Scientific name: - Amietophrynus kisoloensis (Loveridge, 1932)
- Specific name:
kisoloensis
- (Loveridge, 1932)
- Genus:
Amietophrynus
(
- Family:
Bufonidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- 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
Bufo kisoloensis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Amietophrynus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. asmarae (Asmara Toad) · A. blanfordii (Blanfords Toad) · A. gutturalis (African Common Toad) · A. kassasii (Nile Delta Toad) · A. pantherinus (Western Leopard Toad) · A. pardalis (Eastern Leopard Toad) · A. rangeri (Rangers Toad) · A. regularis (African Common Toad) · A. superciliaris (African Giant Toad) · A. xeros (Subdesert Toad)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
- Channing, A. and Drewes, R.C. 1997. Description of the tadpole of Bufo kisoloensis. Alytes: 13-18.
- Channing, A. and Howell, K.M. 2006. Amphibians of East Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Drewes, R.C. and Vindum, J.V. 1994. Amphibians of the impenetrable forest, Southwest Uganda. Journal of African Zoology: 55-70.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Lötters, S., Rotich, D., Koester, T.E., Kosuch, J., Muchai, V., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Teege, P., Wasonga, V.D. and Veith, M. 2006. What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands? A faunistic and taxonomic review. Salamandra 42(2-3): 165-179.
- Lötters, S., Wagner, P., Bwong, B.A., Schick, S., Malonza, P.K., Muchai, V., Wasonga, D.V. and Veith, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Kakamega Forest. National Museums of Kanya and University of Mainz, Nairobi and Mainz.
- Pickersgill, M. 2007. Frog Search. Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Poynton, J.C. 1964. Amphibia of the Nyasa-Luangwa region of Africa. Senckenbergiana Biologica: 193-225.
- Poynton, J.C. and Broadley, D.G. 1988. Amphibia Zambesiaca. 4. Bufonidae. Annals of the Natal Museum: 447-490.
- Stewart, M.M. 1967. Amphibians of Malawi. State University of New York Press, Albany.
- Tandy, M. and Keith, R. 1972. African Bufo. In: Blair, W.F. (ed.), Evolution in the genus Bufo, pp. 119-170. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.
- Vonesh, J. 2001. Natural history and biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Contemporary Herpetology.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- James Vonesh, Mills Tandy, Robert Drewes, Alan Channing, Kim Howell, Stefan Lötters 2004. Amietophrynus kisoloensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 15, 2007:
- Royal Museum for Central Africa, RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-773489
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14823524
- IUCN ID: 190523
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2832924
Footnotes
- James Vonesh, Mills Tandy, Robert Drewes, Alan Channing, Kim Howell, Stefan Lötters 2004. Amietophrynus kisoloensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
