Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Patagonia frog
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
The species inhabits permanent lagoons
that are surrounded by steppe
and/or semi-desert. Individuals are found in areas adjacent
to the
ponds
, in aquatic
and terrestrial
habitat
, although most often in
aquatic habitat
, and breeding takes place within these ponds. It
is not known from degraded habitats.
Tadpoles
have been
found January–March (Fox et al.
, 2005).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Ceratophryidae
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Subfamily:
Batrachylinae
()
- Genus:
Atelognathus
()
- Lynch, 1978
- Specific name:
patagonicus
- (Gallardo, 1962)
- Scientific name: - Atelognathus patagonicus (Gallardo, 1962)
- Specific name:
patagonicus
- (Gallardo, 1962)
- Genus:
Atelognathus
(
- Subfamily:
Batrachylinae
(
- Family:
Ceratophryidae
(
- 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
Atelognathus patagonicus (Gallardo) • Telmatobius patagonicus (Gallardo
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Gallardo,J.M. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18: 246, 1962.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This is a polymorphic
species that might consist of several species
or subspecies
.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Atelognathus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. nitoi (Rana Del Challhuaco) · A. patagonicus (Patagonia Frog)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 130, p. 326.
- The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url fig. 8, page 320, p. 338.
Notes
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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 9, 2012.
- Carmen beda, Esteban Lavilla, Nstor Basso 2010. Atelognathus patagonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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.
- Úbeda, C., Lavilla, E. & Basso, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28077
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-550364
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550364
- IUCN ID: 193267
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144386
Footnotes
- Carmen Úbeda, Esteban Lavilla, Néstor Basso 2010. Atelognathus patagonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
