Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This stream-breeding amphibian inhabits low or moderate altitude
streams
in cloud forest
or dry pine-oak forest
, and takes refuge
in bromeliads
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Hylinae
()
- Genus:
Exerodonta
()
- Brocchi, 1879
- Specific name:
chimalapa
- (Mendelson and Campbell, 1994)
- Scientific name: - Exerodonta chimalapa (Mendelson and Campbell, 1994)
- Specific name:
chimalapa
- (Mendelson and Campbell, 1994)
- Genus:
Exerodonta
(
- Subfamily:
Hylinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- 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
This species was previously within the genus Hyla but has
recently been moved to the resurrected genus Exerodonta (Faivovich
et al. 2005).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Exerodonta
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More Info
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Further Reading
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- 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.
- Duellman, W.E. 2001. The Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., García, P.C.O., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. and Wheeler, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: 1-240.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Mendelson III, J.R. and Campbell, J.A. 1994. Two new species of the Hyla sumichrasti group (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington: 398-409.
- Mendelson, J.R. III and Campbell, J.A. 1994. Two new species of the Hyla sumichrasti group (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107(2): 398-409.
Notes
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Contributors
- Antonio Muñoz Alonso, Luis Canseco-Márquez 2004. Exerodonta chimalapa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10269351
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774373
- IUCN ID: 209432
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962321
Footnotes
- Antonio Muñoz Alonso, Luis Canseco-Márquez 2004. Exerodonta chimalapa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
