Rana palmipes

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is a nocturnal tropical rainforest species, living terrestrially in and around permanent waterbodies, including slow-flowing watercourses , rivers , and lakes and at the edges of ponds . It also occurs in flooded forest . Their eggs are deposited in the water at the beginning of the dry season , and the tadpoles develop in water. The Atlantic Forest populations breed year round and only in slow-moving streams . (Ref. 0)


List of Habitats : 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rana

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 132 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

R. adenopleura (Olive Frog) · R. amurensis (Siberian Wood Frog) · R. andersonii (Yunnan Odorous Frog) · R. areolata (Northern Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata aesopus (Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata areolata (Southern Crawfish Frog) · R. areolata circulosa (Northern Crawfish Frog) · R. arfaki (Arfak Mountains Frog) · R. arvalis (Altai Brown Frog (Altai Mountains Populations)) · R. asiatica (Central Asiatic Frog) · R. asperata (Yangambi Butterbarbel) · R. aurantiaca (Golden Frog) · R. aurora (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. aurora aurora (Northern Red-Legged Frog) · R. aurora draytonii (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. baramica (Baram River Frog) · R. bergeri (Italian Poolfrog) · R. berlandieri (Rio Grande Leopard Frog) · R. blairi (Plains Leopard Frog) · R. boylii (Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog) · R. boylii boylii (Foothill Yellow Legged Frog) · R. brownorum (Brown's Leopard Frog) · R. bwana (Rio Chipillico Frog) · R. camerani (Iranian Long-Legged Frog) · R. capito (Carolina Gopher Frog) · R. capito aesopus (Florida Gopher Frog) · R. capito capito (Carolina Gopher Frog) · R. capito sevosa (Dusky Gopher Frog) · R. cascadae (Cascades Frog) · R. catesbeiana (North American Bullfrog) · R. chalconota (Schlegel's Java Frog) · R. chapaensis (Chapa Frog) · R. chensinensis (Asiatic Grass Frog) · R. chiricahuensis (Chiricahua Leopard Frog) · R. clamitans (Bronze Frog) · R. clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) · R. clamitans melanota (Northern Green Frog) · R. cubitalis (Siam Frog) · R. daemeli (Australian Wood Frog) · R. dalmatina (Agile Frog) · R. draytonii (California Red-Legged Frog) · R. dunni (Patzcuaro Frog) · R. dybowskii (Dybowski's Frog) · R. emelijanovi (Imeinpo Station Frog) · R. esculenta (Edible Frog) · R. fasciata (Tanganyika Striped Grass Frog) · R. fisheri (Las Vegas Leopard Frog) · R. forreri (Forrer's Grass Frog) · R. galamensis (Galam White-Lipped Frog) · R. glandulosa (Sarawak Frog) · R. graeca (Greek Stream Frog) · R. grylio (Pig Frog) · R. heckscheri (River Frog) · R. hecksheri (River Frog) · R. hejiangensis (Hejiang Frog) · R. holsti (Holst's Frog) · R. holtzi (Taurus Frog) · R. hosii (Mount Dulit Frog) · R. iberica (Iberian Frog) · R. ishikawae (Ishikawa's Frog) · R. italica (Italian Stream Frog) · R. japonica (Japanese Brown Frog) · R. johnsi (John's Groove-Toed Frog) · R. juliani (Maya Mountains Frog) · R. latastei (Italian Agile Frog) · R. lessonae (Pool Frog) · R. livida (Green Cascade Frog) · R. luteiventris (Great Basin Spotted Frog) · R. macrocnemis (Iranian Long-Legged Frog) · R. macroglossa (Guatemala Plateau Frog) · R. maculata (Highland Frog) · R. magnaocularis (Northwest Mexico Leopard Frog) · R. malabarica (Fungoid Frog) · R. maosonensis (Mo-Son Frog) · R. melanomenta (Sulu Frog) · R. montezumae (Montezuma Leopard Frog) · R. muscosa (Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog) · R. narina (Ryukyu Island Frog) · R. neovolcanica (Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog) · R. nicobariensis (Nicobar Island Frog) · R. nigromaculata (Black-Spotted Pond Frog) · R. nigromaculata nigromaculata (Black-Spotted Pond Frog) · R. nigrovittata (Black-Striped Frog) · R. okaloosae (Florida Bog Frog) · R. okaloossae (Florida Bog Frog) · R. omiltemana (Guerreran Leopard Frog) · R. onca (Relict Leopard Frog) · R. ornativentris (Montane Brown Frog) · R. palmipes (Amazon River Frog) · R. palustris (Pickerel Frog) · R. perezi (Perez's Frog) · R. pipiens (Northern Leopard Frog) · R. pipiens pipiens (Northern Leopard Frog) · R. pleuraden (Yunkwei Plateau Frog) · R. pretiosa (Oregon Spotted Frog) · R. pustulosa (Cascade Frog) · R. pyrenaica (Pyrenean Frog) · R. raniceps (Peters' Malaysian Frog) · R. ridibunda (European Green Frog) · R. rugosa (Wrinkled Frog)

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Further Reading

• A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 399.
• Amphibian & reptile conservation: the international journal devoted to the worldwide preservation and management of amphibian and reptilian diversity. Provo, Utah: Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, [1996- url p. 53.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 251, p. 271, p. 279.
• Amphibians and reptiles of the Hopkins-Branner expedition to Brazil [by] Karl P. Schmidt and Robert F. Inger. 31 1951 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. url p. 449.
• Amphibians of La Escalera Region, Southeastern Venezuela: taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography / by William E. Duellman. 1997 Lawrence, Kansas: Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, c1997. url p. 32, p. 52.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 102, p. 105, p. 106, p. 107, p. 108, p. 189, p. 190, p. 200, p. 201, p. 202, p. 213, p. 294, p. 370, p. 373, p. 538, p. 539, p. 540, p. 541, p. 542, p. 544, p. 584, p. 653, p. 70, p. 71, p. 73, p. 98.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 126 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 176, p. 177, p. 326, p. 330.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 51, p. 52, p. 54.
• Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the. .. British Museum. London, 1882. url p. 48, p. 49.
• Current bibliography for fisheries science. Rome, Biology Branch, Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. url p. 110.
• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 129, p. 146, p. 171.
• Guide to the frogs of the Iquitos region, Amazonian Peru / by Lily O. Rodríguez and William E. Duellman. [Lima?]: Asociación de Ecología y Conservación; 1994. url p. 66, p. 77, p. 78.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1978 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 108, fig. 72, page 111, fig. 111, page 186, fig. 21, page 33, p. 46, p. 5, p. 65, p. 77.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston: The Society, 1869-1941. url , , p. 155, p. 416.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 35, p. 37.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 10.
• Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url p. 34.
• Our reptiles and batrachians: a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain / by M.C. Cooke. .. with original figures of every species and numerous woodcuts. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1893. url p. 194.
• Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain, by M. C. Cooke. .. with original figures of every species and numerous woodcuts. 1893 London, W. H. Allen & co., limited, 1893. url p. 194.
• Our reptiles. A plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs, and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. By M. C. Cooke. London: R. Hardwicke, 1865. url p. 196.
• Postilla. 2004 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 9.
• Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1846-1958 url p. 417, p. 473, p. 475.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 111, p. 165, p. 222.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 579, p. 603, p. 605.
• Reptiles and amphibians of the Mandel Venezuelan expedition, by Karl P. Schmidt. 18 1932 Chicago, 1932. url p. 161.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 81 1929 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 1, p. 7.
• Spixiana. München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 186.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 40, p. 412, p. 415, p. 415, p. 416.
• The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 191, p. 193, p. 213, p. 214, p. 215, p. 295, p. 8.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 55 1995 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 358, p. 363, p. 365, fig. 20, page 369, p. 376, p. 385, p. 387, p. 398, p. 399, p. 548, p. 561, p. 576, p. 578, p. 600, p. 635, p. 895, p. 908, p. 920, p. 939.
• The Zoological journal. London: W. Phillips, 1824- url p. 345, p. 345, p. 579.
• The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras, by Karl P. Schmidt. 22 1941 [Chicago]1941. url p. 487.
• The baculum of the gorilla [by] D. Dwight Davis. 31 1951 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. url p. 655.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 17 1971 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 15.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 15 1963 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 215, p. 229, p. 39, p. 40, p. 43, p. 48, p. 588, p. 67.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 23.
• Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society. New York. url p. 210.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Amphibians and Reptiles Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Yale University Peabody Museum, Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30495
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-665394
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13801886
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 665394
• IUCN ID: 58689
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139994

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