Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Souzas robber frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It occurs in open areas or forest
edges
on low vegetation or above
the ground
, where it also breeds
. It adapts well to anthropogenic
disturbance
and breeds by direct development
.[1]
List of Habitats
:
2.2
Savanna
- Moist
3.6
Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
4.5
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
14.2
Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
14.4
Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Chordates
- Class:
Amphibia
(
)
- Order:
Anura
(
)
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
)
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
)
- Duméril & Bibron, 1841
- Specific name:
juipoca
- Scientific name: - Eleutherodactylus juipoca Sazima and Cardoso, 1978
- Specific name:
juipoca
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
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 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.
- Bastos, R.P. and Pombal Jr., J.P. 2001. Geographic distribution. Eleutherodactylus juipoca. Herpetological Review 32: 270.
- Haddad, C.F.B. and Sazima, I. 1992. Anfíbios anuros da Serra do Japi. In: L.P.C. Morellato (ed.) História Natural da Serra do Japi: ecologia e preservação de uma área florestal no sudeste do Brasil. Editora da UNICAMP/FAPESP, Campinas, Brasil.
- Sazima, I. and Cardoso, A.J. 1978. Uma espcie nova de Eleutherodactylus do sudeste brasileiro (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 38: 921-925.
Notes
Contributors
- Bastos, R., Colli, G. & Silvano, 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 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28445
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663530
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663530
- IUCN ID: 56689
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149960
Footnotes
- Bastos, R., Colli, G. & Silvano, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
