Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This is a fossorial
species that inhabits closed
forest
; males call
from shallow, underground chambers. The eggs
are also laid underground
and it breeds
by direct development
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
()
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
()
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
()
- Duméril & Bibron, 1841
- Specific name:
parapelates
- Hedges and Thomas, 1987
- Scientific name: - Eleutherodactylus parapelates Hedges and Thomas, 1987
- Specific name:
parapelates
- Hedges and Thomas, 1987
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
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)
More Info
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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.
- Hedges, S.B. 1993. Global amphibian declines: a perspective from the Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation: 290-303.
- Hedges, S.B. 1999. Distribution of amphibians in the West Indies. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians. A Global Perspective, pp. 211-254. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Hedges, S.B. 2001. Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (http://www.caribherp.net). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
- Hedges, S.B. and Díaz, L.M. 2009. Amphibian conservation in the West Indies. In: Heatwole, H.H. and Wilkenson, J.W. (eds), Amphibian Biology: Conservation and Decline of Amphibians, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.
- Hedges, S.B. and Powell, R. 1998. Eleutherodactylus parapelates. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles: 1-2.
- Hedges, S.B. and Thomas, R. 1987. A new burrowing frog from Hispaniola with comments on the Inoptatus group of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica: 269-279.
- Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: B.I. Crother (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
- Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
- Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science: 41-54.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 29 June 2010).
- Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.
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.
- Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell 2010. Eleutherodactylus parapelates. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hedges, B., Thomas, R. & Powell, R. 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.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28585
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663614
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663614
- IUCN ID: 207009
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150155
Footnotes
- Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell 2010. Eleutherodactylus parapelates. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
