Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Du Toit's Torrent Frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology:
It is associated with seeps
and fast-flowing streams
in montane
forest
.
Breeding is presumably as with other species in genus, with eggs
laid on wet rocks close to torrential streams and waterfalls
, and
the larvae developing on the rocks, out of the water.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes
waterfalls)
Taxonomy
- 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
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Pyxicephaloidea
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Petropedetidae
()
- (Noble, 1931)
- Genus:
Arthroleptides
()
- Nieden, 1910
- Specific name:
dutoiti
- Loveridge, 1935
- Scientific name: - Arthroleptides dutoiti Loveridge, 1935
- Specific name:
dutoiti
- Loveridge, 1935
- Genus:
Arthroleptides
(
- Family:
Petropedetidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pyxicephaloidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- 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 Arthroleptides
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. dutoiti (Du Toit's Torrent Frog)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 198.
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 232, p. 326.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 677.
- World Atlas of Biodiversity: earth's living resources in the 21st century UNEP-WCMC url p. 288.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29931
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664745
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664745
- IUCN ID: 2119
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 790
Footnotes
- Lötters, S., Loader, S. & Howell, K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
