Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It occurs in torrential mountain streams
in rainforest. If it is
similar to other members
of the genus, this species lays
large eggs
in torrential streams and has larvae with large suckers
.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.9
Forest
- Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes
waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
- 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:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Pelodryadinae
()
- Genus:
Nyctimystes
()
- Stejneger, 1916
- Specific name:
tyleri
- Zweifel, 1983
- Scientific name: - Nyctimystes tyleri Zweifel, 1983
- Specific name:
tyleri
- Zweifel, 1983
- Genus:
Nyctimystes
(
- Subfamily:
Pelodryadinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- 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
Members of the genus Nyctimystes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. cheesmani (Cheesman's Big-Eyed Treefrog) · N. dayi (Australian Lace-Lid) · N. foricula (Kaironk Big-Eyed Treefrog) · N. kubori (Sandy Big-Eyed Treefrog) · N. narinosus (Common Big-Eyed Treefrog) · N. papua (Papua Big-Eyed Treefrog) · N. pulcher (Spurred Big-Eyed Treefrog)
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.
- Zweifel, R.G. 1983. Two new hylid frogs from Papua New Guinea and a discussion of the Nyctimystes papua species group. American Museum Novitates 2759: 1-21.
Notes
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 10, 2012.
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27563
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663002
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663002
- IUCN ID: 55787
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149209
Footnotes
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
