Description
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in and close to streams
in rainforest. It presumably lays
large eggs
in torrential streams, and the tadpoles
have large suckers
. It has only been found in mature
forest
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- 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
- Subfamily:
Pelodryadinae
()
- Genus:
Nyctimystes
()
- Stejneger, 1916
- Specific name:
cheesmani
- (group)
- Scientific name: - Nyctimystes cheesmani (group)
- Specific name:
cheesmani
- (group)
- Genus:
Nyctimystes
(
- Subfamily:
Pelodryadinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nyctimystes
There are approximately 36 species in this genus:
N. avocalis · N. cheesmanae · N. cheesmani · N. dayi (Australian Lace-Lid) · N. daymani · N. disrupta · N. disruptus · N. fluviatilis · N. foricula · N. forkula · N. granti · N. gularis · N. hosmeri · N. humeralis · N. kubori · N. loveridgei · N. milneara · N. montana · N. montanus · N. narinosa · N. narinosus · N. obsoletus · N. oktediensis · N. papua · N. perimetri · N. persimilis · N. pulcher · N. pulchra · N. rueppelli · N. semipalmata · N. semipalmatus · N. trachydermis · N. tyleri · N. tympanocryptis · N. tympanocrytis · N. zweifeli
More Info
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Tyler, M.J. 1964. An investigation of the systematic position and synonymy of Hyla montana Peters and Doria (Anura, Hylidae). Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 27: 265-270.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, 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 December 08, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27542
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14836050
- IUCN ID: 55767
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 626029
Footnotes
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
