Eleutherodactylus discoidalis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This terrestrial species occurs in the leaf-litter of humid montane forests . Eggs are laid under logs on the forest floor and develop directly. It can tolerate a small amount of habitat disturbance and can be found in clearings on slopes as well as roadside ditches, but cannot tolerate more intensive habitat modification such as intensive logging or livestock grazing.


List of Habitats: 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eleutherodactylus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 88 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. acmonis (Ranita) · E. alfredi (Alfred's Rain Frog) · E. altae (Coral-Spotted Rain Frog) · E. alticola (Jamaican Peak Frog) · E. andrewsi (Jamaican Rumpspot Frog) · E. antillensis (Red-Eyed Coqui) · E. atkinsi (Ranita) · E. audanti (South Island Telegraph Frog) · E. augusti (Western Barking Frog) · E. augusti cactorum (Western Barking Frog) · E. augusti latrans (Eastern Barking Frog) · E. bartonsmithi (Ranita) · E. binotatus (Clay Robber Frog) · E. bocourti (Bocourt's Robber Frog) · E. bransfordii (Bransford's Litter Frog) · E. brittoni (Grass Coqui) · E. bufoniformis (Rusty Robber Frog) · E. chac (Chac's Leaf-Litter Frog) · E. cochranae (Cochran's Treefrog) · E. cooki (Cook's Robber Frog) · E. coqui (Caribbean Tree Frog) · E. crassidigitus (Isla Bonita Robber Frog) · E. cuneatus (Juventud Robber Frog) · E. curtipes (Intac Robber Frog) · E. cystignathoides (Lowland Chirping Frog) · E. daryi (Ford's Robber Frog) · E. dilatus (Guerreran Peeping Frog) · E. discoidalis (Tucuman Robber Frog) · E. duellmani (Duellman's Robber Frog) · E. eneidae (Eneida's Coqui) · E. fenestratus (Rio Mamore Robber Frog) · E. fitzingeri (Fitzinger's Robber Frog) · E. fraudator (Cochamba Robber Frog) · E. gaigeae (Fort Randolph Robber Frog) · E. gollmeri (Evergreen Robber Frog) · E. gryllus (Cricket Coqui) · E. guttilatus (Spotted Chirping Frog) · E. hedricki (Hedrick's Coqui) · E. hylaeformis (Pico Blanco Robber Frog) · E. hypostenor (Baoruco Burrowing Frog) · E. jasperi (Golden Coqui Frog) · E. johnstonei (Lesser Antillean Whistling Frog) · E. juipoca (Souzas Robber Frog) · E. karlschmidti (Webbed-Footed Coqui) · E. laticeps (Broad-Headed Cave Frog) · E. lentus (Yellow Mottled Coqui) · E. lineatus (Montane Robber Frog) · E. locustus (Locust Coqui) · E. longirostris (Long-Snouted Whistling Frog) · E. marnockii (Cliff Chirping Frog) · E. megacephalus (Broad-Headed Rain Frog) · E. mexicanus (Mexican Robber Frog) · E. mimus (Tilaran Robber Frog) · E. monensis (Mona Coqui) · E. nitidus (Shiny Peeping Frog) · E. noblei (Noble's Leaf Litter Frog) · E. ockendeni (Carabaya Robber Frog) · E. omiltemanus (Guerreran Robber Frog) · E. pantoni (Panton's Robber Frog) · E. pardalis (Leopard Robber Frog) · E. peruvianus (Peru Robber Frog) · E. pictissimus (Hispaniolan Yellow-Mottled Frog) · E. pinchoni (Grand Cafe Robber Frog) · E. pipilans (Whistling Chirping Frog) · E. planirostris (Greenhouse Frog) · E. podiciferus (Cerro Utyum Robber Frog) · E. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Coqui) · E. punctariolus (Bob's Robber Frog) · E. pygmaeus (Pygmy Free-Fingered Frog) · E. rhodopis (Polymorphic Robber Frog) · E. richmondi (Richmond's Coqui) · E. ridens (Rio San Juan Robber Frog) · E. rozei (Roze's Robber Frog) · E. rufifemoralis (Red-Legged Robber Frog) · E. rugulosus (Rugulose Rainfrog) · E. sartori (Chiapas Dwarf Robber Frog) · E. schwartzi (Virgin Islands Coqui) · E. stejnegerianus (Stejneger's Dirt Frog) · E. supernatis (El Carmelo Robber Frog) · E. syristes (Piping Peeping Frog) · E. talamancae (Almirante Robber Frog) · E. terraebolivaris (Tobago Robber Frog) · E. unicolor (Dwarf Coqui) · E. urichi (Lesser Antillean Robber Frog) · E. w-nigrum (Zurucuchu Robber Frog) · E. wightmanae (Melodius Coqui) · E. xucanebi (Xucaneb Robber Frog) · E. zeuctotylus (Sipaliwini Robber Frog)

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Further Reading

• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 143, p. 336.
• Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) in western Ecuador: systematics, ecology, and biogeography / John D. Lynch, William E. Duellman. Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, c1997. url p. 31, p. 47, p. 50.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1976 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url fig. 2, page 9.
• The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae) / by John D. Lynch and William E. Duellman. 1980 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1980. url p. 26, p. 28.
• The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 208, p. 446.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476025
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207519
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13819573
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207519
• IUCN ID: 56564
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 138580

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