Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This is a species generally associated with tall Restinga (coastal)
forest
that has also been collected in little-disturbed primary
Atlantic
forest. The Restinga vegetation is mostly large trees
with a dense
understorey on a sandy substrate. Individuals can be found calling
from bromeliads
. Breeding takes place in the slow backwaters
of fast-flowing
streams
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 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:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Hylinae
()
- Genus:
Aplastodiscus
()
- Lutz, in Lutz, 1950
- Specific name:
sibilatus
- (Cruz, Pimenta & Silvano, 2003)
- Scientific name: - Aplastodiscus sibilatus (Cruz, Pimenta & Silvano, 2003)
- Specific name:
sibilatus
- (Cruz, Pimenta & Silvano, 2003)
- Genus:
Aplastodiscus
(
- Subfamily:
Hylinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- 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
Hyla sibilatus
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This species was previously within the genus Hyla but has
recently been moved to the genus Aplastodiscus (Faivovich
et al. 2005).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aplastodiscus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. perviridis (Canebreak Treefrog)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- 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.
- Cruz, C.A.G., Pimenta, B.V.S. and Silvano, D.L. 2003. Dos novas espécies pertencentes ao complexo de Hyla albosignata Lutz & Lutz, 1938, do leste do Brasil (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional Nova Série Rio de Janeiro - Brasil: 1-13.
- Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., García, P.C.O., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. and Wheeler, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 1-240.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Bruno Pimenta, Débora Silvano 2004. Aplastodiscus sibilatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774232
- IUCN ID: 192035
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962459
Footnotes
- Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Bruno Pimenta, Débora Silvano 2004. Aplastodiscus sibilatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
