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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It occurs in premontane forest
, where the annual
mean precipitation
is 2,000-4,000mm and the annual mean temperature
is 18-24°C. Reproduction
probably occurs by the females laying
the eggs
on the ground
, with
the males taking the larvae to streams
for their development. (Ref.
252656).
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Family:
Aromobatidae
()
- Grant et al., 2006
- Subfamily:
Allobatinae
()
- Genus:
Allobates
()
- Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988
- Specific name:
kingsburyi
- (Boulenger, 1918)
- Scientific name: - Allobates kingsburyi (Boulenger, 1918)
- Specific name:
kingsburyi
- (Boulenger, 1918)
- Genus:
Allobates
(
- Subfamily:
Allobatinae
(
- Family:
Aromobatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
(
- 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
(
Synonyms
Colostethus kingsburyi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Molecular data
suggest that Allobates kingsburyi is a species
complex
(L.A. Coloma pers. comm.
).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Allobates
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. chalcopis (Martinique Volcano Frog) · A. zaparo (Sanguine Poison Frog)
More Info
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- 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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- Andersson, L.G. 1945. Batrachians from east Ecuador collected 1937, 1938 by Wm. Clarke-MacIntyre and Rolf Blomberg. Arkiv för Zoologi: 1-88.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1918. Descriptions of new South American batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 427–433.
- Coloma, L.A. 1995. Ecuadorian frogs of the genus Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae). University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publication: 1-72.
- Edwards, S.R. 1974. Taxonomic notes on South American Dendrobatid frogs of the genus Colostethus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas: 1-14.
- Edwards, S.R. 1985. A phenetic analysis of the genus Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Xerox & University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Manuel Morales 2004. Allobates kingsburyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-773345
- IUCN ID: 189878
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4302196
Footnotes
- Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Manuel Morales 2004. Allobates kingsburyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
