Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It is an arboreal
species of lowland and montane
rainforest that
does not survive in secondary habitats
. It presumably lays
eggs
in
a nest
on the ground
, but its breeding habits and habitats are unknown.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
()
- Mivart, 1869
- Subfamily:
Leptopelinae
()
- Genus:
Leptopelis
()
- Günther, 1858[1859]
- Specific name:
calcaratus
- (Boulenger, 1906)
- Scientific name: - Leptopelis calcaratus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Specific name:
calcaratus
- (Boulenger, 1906)
- Genus:
Leptopelis
(
- Subfamily:
Leptopelinae
(
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Leptopelis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. kivuensis (Kisenyi Forest Treefrog) · L. palmatus (Palm Forest Treefrog) · L. xenodactylus (Long-Toed Tree Frog)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 122, p. 348, p. 351.
- Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 152, p. 156, p. 162.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url , p. 36.
- The morphology, systematics, and evolution of the Old World treefrogs (Rhacophoridae and Hyperoliidae) 57 1970 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1970. url p. 120.
Notes
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Contributors
- Arne Schitz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Marius Burger 2004. Leptopelis calcaratus. 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 February 29, 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., Amiet, J.-L. & Burger, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
- Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27995
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663232
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663232
- IUCN ID: 219016
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149521
Footnotes
- Arne Schiøtz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Marius Burger 2004. Leptopelis calcaratus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
