Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
This species can be found in subtropical
old-growth forest
. At Río
Piuntza, Cordillera
del Cóndor, Ecuador, two specimens were
collected by day on the forest floor (Lynch 1974). It is terrestrial
and breeds
by direct development
.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
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:
Brachycephalidae
()
- Günther, 1858
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
()
- Genus:
Ischnocnema
()
- Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
- Specific name:
simmonsi
- Lynch, 1974
- Scientific name: - Ischnocnema simmonsi Lynch, 1974
- Specific name:
simmonsi
- Lynch, 1974
- Genus:
Ischnocnema
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Brachycephalidae
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ischnocnema
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
I. quixensis (Common Big-Heded Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 448.
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.
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Nogales, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28860
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663771
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663771
- IUCN ID: 57108
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150580
Footnotes
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Nogales, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
