Overview
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It inhabits and breeds
in swamps
in montane
grassland and forest
.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands [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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
()
- (Laurent, 1943)
- Genus:
Hyperolius
()
- Rapp, 1842, nom. nov.
- Specific name:
castaneus
- Ahl, 1931
- Scientific name: - Hyperolius castaneus Ahl, 1931
- Specific name:
castaneus
- Ahl, 1931
- Genus:
Hyperolius
(
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- 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
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hyperolius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. baumanni (Baumann's Reed Frog) · H. cinnamomeoventris (Cinnamon-Bellied Reed Frog) · H. fusciventris (Lime Reed Frog) · H. guttulatus (Dotted Reed Frog) · H. kivuensis (Kivu Reed Frog) · H. lateralis (Munsenene Reed Frog) · H. laticeps (Togo Reed Frog) · H. marmoratus (Marbled Reed Frog) · H. mosaicus (South Cameroon Reed Frog) · H. nasutus (Long-Nosed Reed Frog) · H. nimbae (Mount Nimba Reed Frog) · H. ocellatus (Golden-Eyed Reed Frog) · H. pickersgilli (Pickersgill's Reed Frog) · H. puncticulatus (Spotted Reed Frog) · H. pusillus (Water Lily Reed Frog) · H. sankuruensis (Omaniundu Reed Frog) · H. semidiscus (Yellow-Striped Reed Frog) · H. spinigularis (Spiny-Throated Reed Frog) · H. sylvaticus (Bobiri Reed Frog) · H. tuberculatus (Rainforest Reed Frog) · H. tuberilinguis (Tinker Reed Frog) · H. viridiflavus (Common Reed Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 352, p. 716.
- The morphology, systematics, and evolution of the Old World treefrogs (Rhacophoridae and Hyperoliidae) 57 1970 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1970. url p. 111.
Notes
Contributors
- Arne Schitz, Robert Drewes 2004. Hyperolius castaneus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- 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.
- Schiøtz, A. & Drewes, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27867
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663092
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663092
- IUCN ID: 215480
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149322
Footnotes
- Arne Schiøtz, Robert Drewes 2004. Hyperolius castaneus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
