Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The species occurs within the Mabura Hill
Forest
Reserve, which is
characterized by gently undulating
terrain with low elevations
ranging
from 90–100 masl. Individuals were found throughout the forest in
low-lying as well as slope
habitats
. The species was not recorded
on top of a rock plateau
that supports
dry evergreen
low forest (Kok
and Ernst, 2007).
Allobates spumaponens deposits its eggs
(5–11) in moist leaf litter
. Clutches have been found attached to
dead leaves. Subsequent to hatching
, tadpoles
are usually carried
by the male, although it is also possible that they may be carried
by the female. Larvae are eventually deposited in small lentic
pools
and continue their development within these aquatic habitats
. The
new species occasionally deposits tadpoles in leptodactylid foam
nests
(Kok and Ernst, 2007).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
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
()
- 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:
spumaponens
- Kok & Ernst, 2007
- Scientific name: - Allobates spumaponens Kok & Ernst, 2007
- Specific name:
spumaponens
- Kok & Ernst, 2007
- 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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Allobates spumaponens can be distinguished from similar species
by a combination
of morphological features and a unique advertisement
call
and reproductive behaviour (Kok and Ernst 2007).[1].
Similar Species
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
- IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
- Kok, P.J.R., and Ernst, R. 2007. A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae) exhibiting a novel reproductive behaviour. Zootaxa 1555: 21-38.
Notes
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.
- Philippe Kok 2008. Allobates spumaponens. 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-773361
- IUCN ID: 189894
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4302186
Footnotes
- Philippe Kok 2008. Allobates spumaponens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
