Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
turquoise-bellied poison frog, turquoise-bellied poison-arrow frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
If it still occurs, this species is presumably found in lowland forest
.
There is no reliable information on its breeding habits, although
the larvae are presumably deposited in water for their development,
as with other species of the genus.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- 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:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Subfamily:
Colostethinae
()
- Genus:
Epipedobates
()
- Myers, 1987
- Specific name:
espinosai
- Scientific name: - Epipedobates espinosai (Funkhouser, 1956)
- Specific name:
espinosai
- Genus:
Epipedobates
(
- Subfamily:
Colostethinae
(
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- 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
The taxonomic
status of this species is unclear. It seems to be a
junior synonym
of Epipedobates boulengeri (Coloma pers. comm.
),
which itself might be a complex
of more than one species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Epipedobates
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. bolivianus (Bolivian Poison Frog) · E. boulengeri (Marbled Poison Frog) · E. espinosai (Turquoise-Bellied Poison Frog) · E. femoralis (Brilliant-Thighed Poison Frog) · E. flavopictus (Yellow-Spotted Frog) · E. macero (Manu Poison Frog) · E. petersi (Peru Poison Frog) · E. pictus (Spot-Legged Poison Frog) · E. planipaleae (Oxapampa Poison Frog) · E. pulchripectus (Blue-Breasted Poison Frog) · E. smaragdinus (Emerald Poison Frog) · E. tricolor (Phantasmal Poison Frog) · E. trivittatus (Three-Striped Arrow-Poison Frog) · E. zaparo (Zaparo's Poison Frog)
More Info
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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. 340, p. 60, p. 63.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 140, p. 202.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 114, p. 121, p. 194, p. 233.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 55.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 71.
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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Jungfer, K.-H., Cisneros-Heredia, D. & Almandáriz, A. 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.
- Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendriz 2004. Epipedobates espinosai. 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26935
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662278
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662278
- IUCN ID: 207863
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 143341
Footnotes
- Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz 2004. Epipedobates espinosai. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
