Hypsiboas cymbalum

Overview

Critically Endangered

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Specimens were found on shrubs by the side of a brook at the type locality . There is no information on breeding habits, but reproduction might take place in streams . (Ref. 57960)

List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - 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 () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Amphibians
        Subclass: Lissamphibia () - Haeckel, 1866
        Order: Anura () - (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
        Suborder: Neobatrachia () - Reig, 1958
        Superfamily: Bufonoidea ()
        Family: Hylidae () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Genus: Hypsiboas ()
        Specific name: cymbalum
        Scientific name: - Hypsiboas cymbalum (Bokermann, 1963)

Similar Species

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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

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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.
Bokermann, W.C.A. 1963. Una nueva especie de Hyla del sudeste brasileño. Neotropica 9: 27-30.
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.
Garcia, P.C.A., Vinciprova, G. and Haddad, C.F.B. 2003. The taxonomic status of Hyla pulchella joaquini (Anura: Hylidae) with description of its tadpole and vocalization. Herpetologica 59(3): 350-363.
Lutz, B. 1973. Brazilian species of Hyla. University of Texas Press, Austin.

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Contributors

Garcia, P. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

IUCN ID: 55461
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962331