Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is found in tropical
forest
near igapó (i.e.
flooded) forest.
It is a largely terrestrial
species found in leaf-litter or other
ground cover. It breeds
by direct development
: nests
are found in
leaf-litter on the forest floor and the endotrophic larvae are not
transported to aquatic
sites but develop fully within the nests.
This species has a clutch
size of two to six eggs
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [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:
nidicola
- (Caldwell & Lima, 2003)
- Scientific name: - Allobates nidicola (Caldwell & Lima, 2003)
- Specific name:
nidicola
- (Caldwell & Lima, 2003)
- 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 nidicola
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
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 Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Caldwell, J.P. and Lima, A.P. 2003. A new Amazonian species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with a nidicolous tadpole. Herpetologica: 219-234.
- 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.
- Taran Grant 2004. Allobates nidicola. 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-773352
- IUCN ID: 189885
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4302189
Footnotes
- Taran Grant 2004. Allobates nidicola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
