Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: This is a diurnal
frog
that can be found on rocks in montane
tepui environments. It is a communally breeding species, with breeding taking place by direct development
in galleries within peat bogs
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps
, Fens
, Peatlands
Taxonomy
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- 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:
Bufonidae
()
- Gray, 1825
- Genus:
Oreophrynella
()
- Boulenger, 1895
- Specific name:
nigra
- Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994
- Scientific name: - Oreophrynella nigra Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994
- Specific name:
nigra
- Señaris, Ayarzagüena and Gorzula, 1994
- Genus:
Oreophrynella
(
- Family:
Bufonidae
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Oreophrynella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. cryptica · O. dendronastes · O. huberi · O. hubneri · O. macconnelli · O. nigra · O. quelchii · O. vasquezi · O. weiassipuensis
More Info
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Further Reading
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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.
- Barrio Amorós, C.L. 2004. Amphibians of Venezuela Systematic List, Distribution and References, An Update. Rev. Ecol. Lat. Am 9(3): 1-48.
- La Marca, E. 1997. Lista actualizada de los anfibios de Venezuela. In: E. La Marca (ed.), Vertebrados Actuales y Fosiles de Venezuela, pp. 103-120. Museo de Ciencias y TecnologÃa de Mérida, Mérida.
- McDiarmid, R. and Gorzula, S. 1989. Aspects on the reproductive ecology of the tepui toads, genus Oreophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae). Copeia 199(2): 445-451.
- Señaris, J.C., Ayarsagüena, J. and Gorzula, S. 1994. Los sapos de la familia Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura) de las tierras altas de la Guayana venezolana: descripción de un nuevo género y tres especies. Publicaciones de la Asociacion Amigos de Doñana 3: 1-37.
- Solano, H. 1989. Aspectos de la biologÃa de Oreophrynella quelchii (Boulenger) en los tepuyes venezolanos. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 12(3-4): 55-63.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- La Marca, E. & Señaris, C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26597
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-661924
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 661924
- IUCN ID: 54852
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 136932
Footnotes
- La Marca, E. & Señaris, C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
