Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Rio Mamore Robber Frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species' habitat
is humid montane
and lowland forest
, including
secondary forest and edges
. It inhabits upland
, flooding, and oxbow
palm swamp
forest. Individuals are found in the leaf-litter, on vegetation
and on bromeliads
at night.
List of Habitats:
1.6
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.5
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Lakes
(over 8ha)
5.7
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under
8ha)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Chordates
- Class:
Amphibia
(
)
- Order:
Anura
(
)
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
)
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
)
- Duméril & Bibron, 1841
- Specific name:
fenestratus
- (Steindachner, 1864)
- Scientific name: - Eleutherodactylus fenestratus (Steindachner, 1864)
- Specific name:
fenestratus
- (Steindachner, 1864)
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Eleutherodactylus bisignatus Werner
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. 336.
- Amphibians of La Escalera Region, Southeastern Venezuela: taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography / by William E. Duellman. 1997 Lawrence, Kansas: Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, c1997. url p. 51.
- Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in the Andes of northern Peru / by William E. Duellman and Jennifer B. Pramuk. 1999 Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [1999] url fig. 13, page 27.
- Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url p. 32.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url , p. 10, p. 11, p. 14, p. 16, p. 18, p. 2, p. 3, p. 337, p. 4, p. 405, p. 436, p. 438, p. 5, p. 7, p. 8, p. 9.
- 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. 10, page 203.
- Trophic ecology of a tropical anuran assemblage / by Jeffrey R. Parmelee. 1999 [Lawrence, Kan.]: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [1999] url fig. 19, page 33, fig. 22, page 35, p. 42, appendix 1, page 52.
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:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476033
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207471 ITS-550311
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13847573
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550311
- IUCN ID: 56599
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 147960
