Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It has only been found in primary forest
, calling from exposed positions
on litter
on the forest
floor, and presumably breeds
by direct development
.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Microhyloidea
()
- Family:
Microhylidae
()
- Günther, 1858 (1843)
- Subfamily:
Asterophryinae
()
- Genus:
Hylophorbus
()
- Macleay, 1878
- Specific name:
richardsi
- G?nther, 2001
- Scientific name: - Hylophorbus richardsi G?nther, 2001
- Specific name:
richardsi
- G?nther, 2001
- Genus:
Hylophorbus
(
- Subfamily:
Asterophryinae
(
- Family:
Microhylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Microhyloidea
(
- 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
.
First described: Schätti,B. & Günther, R. Type
localities
opf amphibian and reptile
species collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg
in sothwestern Arabia and Eritrea. Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berlin
Zool. Reihe 77: 153-156, 2001.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Hylophorbus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. rufescens (Red Mawatta Frog)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
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.
- Günther, R. (2001): The Papuan frog genus Hylophorbus (Anura: Microhylidae) is not monospecific: description of six new species - Russ. Journ. Herp. 8(2), pp. [81-104]
- Günther, R. 2001. The Papuan frog genus Hylophorbus (Anura: Microhlyidae) is not monspecific: description of six new species. Russian J. Herpetol.: 81-104.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Schätti,B. & Günther, R. Type localities opf amphibian and reptile species collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in sothwestern Arabia and Eritrea. Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berlin Zool. Reihe 77: 153-156, 2001.
Notes
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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 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Richards, S. & Günther, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.
- Stephen Richards, Rainer Gnther 2004. Hylophorbus richardsi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4804296
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664279
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664279
- IUCN ID: 215268
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131210
Footnotes
- Stephen Richards, Rainer Günther 2004. Hylophorbus richardsi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
