Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It lives near streams
in open grassland, and in forest
patches. It
presumably breeds
by direct development
. It is also found on the
edge
of plantations and in rural gardens.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.5
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
2.1
Savanna
- Dry
2.2
Savanna - Moist
4.5
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
4.6
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded
4.7
Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
5.1
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes
waterfalls
)
14.3
Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
14.4
Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
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:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
()
- Mivart, 1869
- Genus:
Schoutedenella
()
- Witte, 1921
- Specific name:
xenochirus
- (Boulenger, 1905)
- Scientific name: - Schoutedenella xenochirus (Boulenger, 1905)
- Specific name:
xenochirus
- (Boulenger, 1905)
- Genus:
Schoutedenella
(
- Family:
Arthroleptidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Schoutedenella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. schubotzi (Burundi Screeching Frog) · S. sylvatica (Forest Screeching Frog) · S. taeniata (Striped Screeching Frog) · S. xenodactyloides (Chirinda Screeching Frog)
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.
- Broadley, D.G. 1971. The reptiles and amphibians of Zambia. Puku 6: 1-143.
- Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
- Laurent, R.F. 1964. Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diam. Angola, Estudos Diversos 67: 11-165.
- Laurent, R.F. 1965. Frogs and turtles. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool 134: 15-23.
- Poynton, J.C. 1964. Amphibia of the Nyasa-Luangwa region of Africa. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 193-225.
- Poynton, J.C. 2003. Arthroleptis troglodytes and the content of Schoutedenella (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). African Journal of Herpetology 52: 49-51.
- Poynton, J.C. and Broadley, D.G. 1985. Amphibia Zambesiaca. 1. Scolecomorphidae, Pipidae, Microhylidae, Hemisidae, Arthroleptidae. Annals of the Natal Museum 26: 503-553.
- Ruas, C. 1996. Contribuicao para o conhecimento da fauna de batraquios de Angola. García de Orta. Ser. Zool. (Lisboa) 21: 19-41.
- Schmidt, K.P. and Inger, R.F. 1959. Amphibians. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba 56: 1-264.
- Stewart, M.M. 1967. Amphibians of Malawi. State University of New York Press, Albany.
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 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Poynton, J.C., Channing, A. & Davenport, T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26203
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-661589
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 661589
- IUCN ID: 54412
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135965
Footnotes
- Poynton, J.C., Channing, A. & Davenport, T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
