Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Boulenger's bubble-nest frog, quartet bush frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It is an arboreal
species associated with tropical
moist evergreen
forest
, although it can occur in modified areas. Breeding is by direct
development.
List of Habitats
:
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
14.6
Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded
Former Forest
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
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
()
- (Hoffman, 1932 (1858))
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
()
- Hoffman, 1932 (1858)
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
()
- Genus:
Philautus
()
- Gistel, 1848, nom. nov.
- Specific name:
signatus
- Scientific name: - Philautus signatus (Boulenger, 1882)
- Specific name:
signatus
- Genus:
Philautus
(
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
(
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
(
- 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
.
First described: Boulenger, George A. Description
of an apparently
new species of lizard of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of
the Zoological Society of London 1882: 761-62 [1883], 1882.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Philautus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. acutirostris (Philippine Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. annandalii (Annandale's Bush Frog) · P. aurifasciatus (Java Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. charius (Karnataka Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. femoralis (Plain Green Bush Frog) · P. ingeri (Inger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. leitensis (Leyte Tree Frog) · P. leucorhinus (Pointed-Nosed Bush Frog) · P. microtympanum (Gunther's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. mjobergi (Murud Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. petersi (Peter's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. poecilius (Mottled Tree Frog) · P. rhododiscus (Chinese Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. schmackeri (Mindoro Tree Frog) · P. signatus (Boulenger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. surdus (Luzon Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. vittiger (Indonesian Bubble-Nest Frog)
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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.
- Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB: 1-24.
- Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica 6: 1-112.
- Boulenger, George A. Description of an apparently new species of lizard of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 761-62 [1883], 1882.
- Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.
- Inger, R.F., Shaffer, H.B., Koshy, M. and Bakde, R. 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81(2): 406-427.
Notes
Contributors
- Biju, S.D., Bhuddhe, G.D., Daniel, B.A., Dutta, S. & Vasudevan, K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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 February 1, 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30679
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-665574
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 665574
- IUCN ID: 58903
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 140631
