Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It occurs in bromeliads
or under bark
on logs
and stumps
in forest
at the subtropical-temperate forest transition zone. It breeds
by
direct development
and is not dependent
upon water.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Dendrotriton
()
- Wake & Elias, 1983
- Specific name:
rabbi
- (Lynch & Wake, 1975)
- Scientific name: - Dendrotriton rabbi (Lynch & Wake, 1975)
- Specific name:
rabbi
- (Lynch & Wake, 1975)
- Genus:
Dendrotriton
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- 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
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Both Dendrotriton chujorum
and Dendrotriton kekchiorum
were included
within Dendrotriton
rabbi in the past; however, this species is now considered
to be restricted
to Montañas de Cuilco (Campbell et
al. 2010).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Dendrotriton
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More Info
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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.
- Campbell, J.A. 2001. Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Guatemala. University of Texas, Arlington, Web published: http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/rep_amph/pdf/mp200_10-12-10.pdf.
- Campbell, J.A., Smith, E.N., Streicher, J., Acevedo, M.E. and Brodie, E.D. 2010. New salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Guatemala, with miscellaneous notes on known species. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 200: 1-60.
- Collins-Rainboth, A. and Buth, D.G. 1990. A reevaluation of the systematic relationships among species of the genus Dendrotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Copeia 1990(4): 955-960.
- Elias, P. 1984. Salamanders of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 348: 1-20.
- IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- Lynch, J.F. and Wake, D.B. 1975. Systematics of the Chiropterotriton bromeliacia group (Amphibia: Caudata), with description of two new species from Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 265: 1-45.
- Wake, D.B. 1987. Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74: 242-264.
- Wake, D.B. and Elias, P. 1983. New genera and a new species of Central American salamanders, with a review of the tropical genera (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 345: 1-19.
- Wake, D.B., Papenfuss, T.J. and Lynch, J.F. 1992. Distribution of salamanders along elevational transects in Mexico and Guatemala. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany, Suplementary Publications 1: 303-319.
Notes
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Contributors
- Acevedo, M. & Wake, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2011. Dendrotriton rabbi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- 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 08, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30972
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668287
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668287
- IUCN ID: 205040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666654
Footnotes
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2011. Dendrotriton rabbi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
