Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is a riparian
semi-aquatic frog
that may be found under rocks
in streams
and waterfalls
in montane
shrubland and grasslands. It
breeds
in streams.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- 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
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Family:
Ceratophryidae
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Subfamily:
Telmatobiinae
()
- Genus:
Telmatobius
()
- Wiegmann, 1834
- Specific name:
intermedius
- Vellard, 1951
- Scientific name: - Telmatobius intermedius Vellard, 1951
- Specific name:
intermedius
- Vellard, 1951
- Genus:
Telmatobius
(
- Subfamily:
Telmatobiinae
(
- Family:
Ceratophryidae
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- 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
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Telmatobius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. culeus (Titicaca Water Frog) · T. niger (Black Water Frog) · T. simonsi (Sucre Water Frog) · T. truebae (Trueb's Water Frog) · T. vellardi (Vellard's Water Frog)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Notes on frogs of the genus Telmatobius, with descriptions of two new Peruvian species / Karl P. Schmidt. 26 1954 Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. url p. 283.
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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Wilfredo Arizabal 2004. Telmatobius intermedius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Monteza, J.I., Sinsch, U., Lehr, E. & Arizabal, W. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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: 2476372
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208009
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208009
- IUCN ID: 245598
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144373
Footnotes
- Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Wilfredo Arizabal 2004. Telmatobius intermedius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
