Hypsiboas andinus

• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
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• Notes

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is a terrestrial and arboreal species that can be found in the forest or in open areas of montane cloud forest , in Alto-Andean vegetation, dry inter-Andean valleys and Yungas forest (De la Riva et al. 2000). Duellman et al. (1997) indicate that in high-elevation areas, it inhabits montane pastures; in the north, its range includes cloud temperate forest, while in the south, it occurs in deciduous premontane forest. It can be found in microhabitats around waterbodies, lotic or lentic lagoons , puddles, big or small streams or on the sides of a road. At night, males call from under bushes or brush woods , on the ground around waterbodies. During the day, they can be observed on rocks or perching on branches among rocks (Duellman et al. 1997, Köhler 2000). It breeds in most waterbodies, e.g. ephemeral ponds , roadside ditches and slow-moving streams, and deposits its eggs in water where the tadpoles also develop. (Ref. 0)


List of Habitats :1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 15.9Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Hypsiboas

There are approximately 74 species in this genus:

H. albomarginatus · H. alboniger · H. albopunctatus · H. alemani · H. andinus · H. atlanticus · H. balzani · H. beckeri · H. benitezi · H. bischoffi · H. boans · H. buriti · H. caingua · H. calcaratus · H. callipleura · H. cinerascens · H. cipoensis · H. cordobae · H. crepitans · H. cymbalum · H. dentei · H. ericae · H. exastis · H. faber · H. fasciatus · H. freicanecae · H. fuentei · H. geographica · H. geographicus · H. goianus · H. guentheri · H. heilprini · H. hobbsi · H. hutchinsi · H. hypselops · H. joaquini · H. lanciformis · H. latistriatus · H. lemai · H. leptolineatus · H. leucocheilus · H. lundii · H. marginatus · H. marianitae · H. melanopleura · H. microderma · H. multifasciatus · H. ornatissimus · H. palaestes · H. pardalis · H. pellucens · H. phaeopleura · H. picturatus · H. polytaenius · H. pombali · H. prasinus · H. pugnax · H. pulchellus · H. pulidoi · H. punctatus · H. raniceps · H. rhythmicus · H. riojanus · H. roraima · H. rosenbergi · H. rubracylus · H. rufitelus · H. secedens · H. semiguttatus · H. semilineatus · H. sibleszi · H. stenocephalus · H. varelae · H. wavrini

Bibliography

• 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.
• Barrio, A. 1965. Las subespecies de Hyla pulchella Dumeril y Bibron (Anura: Hylidae). Physis 25(69): 115-128.
• De la Riva, I., Köhler, J., Lötters, S. and Reichle, S. 2000. Ten years of research on Bolivian amphibians: updated checklist, distribution, taxonomic problems, literature and iconography. Revista Espanola de Herpetologia 14: 19-164.
• De la Riva, I., Köhler, J., Lötters, S. and Reichle, S. 2000. Ten years of research on Bolivian amphibians: updated checklist, distribution, taxonomic problems, literature and iconography. Revista Espanola de Herpetologia 14: 19-164.
• Duellman, W.E., De la Riva, I. and Wild, E. 1997. Frog of the Hyla armata and Hyla pulchella groups in the Andes of South America, with definitions and analyses of phylogenetic relationships of Andean group of Hyla. Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas : 17-19.
• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, 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 294: 1-240.
• Köhler, J. 2000. Amphibian diversity in Bolivia: a study with special reference to montane forest regions. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 48: 1-243.
• Köhler, J. 2000. Amphibian diversity in Bolivia: a study with special reference to montane forest regions. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 48: 1-243.
• Lavilla, E.O. and Cei, J.M. 2001. Amphibians of Argentina. A second update, 1987-2000. Monogr. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino (Italia), Torino, Italy.
• Lavilla, E.O., Ponssa, M.L., Baldo, D., Basso, N., Bosso, A., Cespedez, J., Chebez, J.C., Faivovich, J., Ferrari, L., Lajmanovich, R., Langone, J.A., Peltzer, P., Ubeda, C., Vaira, M. and Vera Candioti, F. 2000. Categorización de los Anfibios de Argentina. In: Lavilla, E.O., Richard, E. and Scrocchi, G.J. (eds), Categorización de los Anfibios y Reptiles de la República Argentina, pp. 11-34. Asociación Herpetológica Argentina, Tucumán, Argentina.
• Müller, L. 1924. Ueber neue oder seltene Mittel - und südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlín 11: 77-93.
• Müller, L. 1924. Ueber neue oder seltene Mittel - und südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlín 11: 77-93.
• Vaira, M. 2002. Anurans of a subtropical montane forest in northwestern Argentina: ecological survey and a proposed list of species of conservation concern. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 1047-1062.

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Notes

Contributors

• Cortez, C., Reichle, S., De la Riva, I., Köhler, J. & Lavilla, E. 2004. Hypsiboas andinus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Identifiers

• IUCN ID: 29414
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1019239

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