Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Rugege Forest Squeaker Frog, Adolf Friedrich's Squeaker Frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It lives in the leaf-litter of montane
forest
. It is not known whether
or not it survives in degraded habitats
, but it is likely to require
good vegetation cover
. It breeds
by direct development
, and is not
dependent
on water.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
()
- Mivart, 1869
- Subfamily:
Arthroleptinae
()
- Tribe:
Arthroleptini
()
- Genus:
Arthroleptis
()
- Smith, 1849
- Specific name:
adolfifriederici
- Nieden, 1911
- Scientific name: - Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911
- Specific name:
adolfifriederici
- Nieden, 1911
- Genus:
Arthroleptis
(
- Tribe:
Arthroleptini
(
- Subfamily:
Arthroleptinae
(
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Sternfeld, Richard & Nieden, Fritz Zoologische
Ergebnisse der Expedition
des Herrn Hauptmann a.D. Fromm 1908/09
nach Deutsch-Ostafrika, III. Reptilia, Amphibia. Mitteilungen
aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin (Berlin), 5 (3): 383-385.,
1911.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
We consider this species to be confined to central and eastern Africa;
we follow J.-L. Amiet (pers. comm.
) in considering records
from Cameroon
to belong to another, possibly undescribed, species. J.C. Poynton
(pers. comm.
) considers that animals from Kenya and Tanzania are
probably specifically distinct
from true A.
adolfifriederici in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Democratic
Republic of Congo. The name leleupi is available for Tanzanian
and Kenyan animals. There are major taxonomic
problems with the genus
Arthroleptis through much
of Africa. In many cases, the available names
can be referred only
to museum specimens, not to animals in the field
. This is because
the identification
of these species frequently depends more on their
vocalizations than their morphology.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arthroleptis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. adolfifriederici (Rugege Forest Squeaker Frog) · A. fichika (Hidden Squeaker Frog) · A. kidogo (Tiny Squeaker Frog) · A. stenodactylus (Common Squeaker) · A. tanneri (Tanzania Screeching Frog) · A. troglodytes (Cave Squeaker) · A. wahlbergii (Bush Squeaker) · A. xenochirus (Plain Squeaker) · A. xenodactyloides (Dwarf Squeaker)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 352, p. 353, p. 715.
- Breviora. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url figures, p. 10-11 , squeaker frog (arthroleptidae) , p. 1, p. 10, p. 11, p. 18, p. 2, p. 4.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 77, p. 78, p. 83.
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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Howell, K., Drewes, R. & Poynton, J.C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Kim Howell, Robert Drewes, John Poynton 2004. Arthroleptis adolfifriederici. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26134
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-661545
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 661545
- IUCN ID: 192798
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135909
Footnotes
- Kim Howell, Robert Drewes, John Poynton 2004. Arthroleptis adolfifriederici. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
