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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It lives in mid-high-altitude transitional forest
, with tall trees
and an abundance
of epiphytic plants
. It climbs on small tree trunks
2-4m above the ground
. It is apparently not a phytotelm specialist
,
but probably hides in tree holes, under bark
, and at the base
of
epiphytes. Breeding presumably takes place via larval development
out of water. Its adaptability
to secondary habitats
is not known.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Microhyloidea
()
- Family:
Microhylidae
()
- Günther, 1858 (1843)
- Subfamily:
Cophylinae
()
- Genus:
Platypelis
()
- Boulenger, 1882
- Specific name:
mavomavo
- Andreone, Fenolio and Walvoord, 2003
- Scientific name: - Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio and Walvoord, 2003
- Specific name:
mavomavo
- Andreone, Fenolio and Walvoord, 2003
- Genus:
Platypelis
(
- Subfamily:
Cophylinae
(
- Family:
Microhylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Microhyloidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- 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 Platypelis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. barbouri (Barbour's Giant Treefrog) · P. grandis (Boulenger's Giant Treefrog) · P. milloti (Nosy Be Giant Treefrog) · P. pollicaris (Common Giant Treefrog) · P. tuberifera (Ambatoharanana Giant Treefrog)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
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.
- Andreone, F., Fenolio, D.B. and Walvoord, M.E. 2003. Two unknown arboreal frogs (genus Platypelis) described from the rain forests of northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinae). Current Herpetology: 91-100.
- Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Cologne.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
Notes
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Contributors
- Andreone, F. 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 January 15, 2012.
- Franco Andreone 2004. Platypelis mavomavo. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4804368
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664346
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664346
- IUCN ID: 233711
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131435
Footnotes
- Franco Andreone 2004. Platypelis mavomavo. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
