Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The species is found in lowland to lower montane
humid forest
, usually
very near rivers
and streams
where it breeds
. The reproductive season
probably corresponds to the beginning of the rainy season (locally
usually from May to June). The species' diet
seems to comprise solely
arthropods
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 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:
pittieri
- (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004)
- Scientific name: - Allobates pittieri (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004) (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004)
- Specific name:
pittieri
- (La Marca, Manzanilla & Mijares-Urrutia, 2004)
- 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 pittieri
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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Further Reading
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- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- La Marca, E., Manzanilla, J. and Mijares-Urrutia, A. 2004. Revisión taxonómica del Colostethus del norte de Venezuela confundido durante largo tiempo con C. brunneus. Herpetotropicos: 40-50.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Enrique La Marca 2006. Allobates pittieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-773357
- IUCN ID: 189890
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4302229
Footnotes
- Enrique La Marca 2006. Allobates pittieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
