Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Gunther's triangle frog, Solomon Island Eyelash Frog, Solomons Leaf Frog
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species inhabits the forest
floor in tropical
rainforest, and
appears to persist in secondary forest, rural gardens and other degraded
areas. It is an amphibian that breeds
by direct development
and lays
eggs
in small hollows at the base
of trees
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Family:
Ceratobatrachidae
()
- Boulenger, 1884
- Genus:
Ceratobatrachus
()
- Boulenger, 1884
- Specific name:
guentheri
- Scientific name: - Ceratobatrachus guentheri Boulenger, 1884
- Specific name:
guentheri
- Genus:
Ceratobatrachus
(
- Family:
Ceratobatrachidae
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- 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 Ceratobatrachus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. guentheri (Solomon Island Eyelash Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A contribution to the zoögeography of the East Indian islands / 1912 Cambridge, U.S.A.: printed for the Museum, 1912. url p. 177.
- Amphibia and reptiles, by Hans Gadow. 1909 London, Macmillan and co., limited, 1901. url p. 654.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 69 1929 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 237, p. 29, p. 8.
- Convergence and morphological constraint in frogs: variation in postcranial morphology; a contribution in celebration of the distinguished scholarship of Robert F. Inger on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday / Sharon B. Emerson. 43 1988 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1988. url p. 17.
- Guide to the reptiles and batrachians exhibited in the Department of zoology of the British museum (Natural history)... Illustrated by 50 figures. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1922. url p. 16.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 184, p. 38.
- Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 94, p. 94.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 212, p. 212, p. 30, p. 411, p. 702, p. 710, p. 713, p. 88, p. 88.
- Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1890- url .
- Reptiles and amphibians from the Solomon Islands, by Karl P. Schmidt. Reports on results of the Crane Pacific expedition. 18 1932 Chicago, 1932. url p. 176.
- The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url .
- The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer. .. and A.E. Shipley. .. London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909 url p. 654.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 11 1951 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 119, p. 60.
- The Solomon Islands and their natives / by H.B. Guppy. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1887. url p. 315.
- The amphibia of the Indo-Australian archipelago, with 29 illustrations, by Dr. P. N. Van Kampen. Leiden, E. J. Brill, ltd., 1923. url p. 228, p. 228, p. 287, p. 287, p. 292, p. 292.
- The new natural history. New York, Merrill, c1901. url p. 2638.
- The royal natural history / edited by Richard Lydekker; with preface by P.L. Sclater; illustrated with seventy-two coloured plates and sixteen hundred engravings by W. Kuhnert. .. [et al.]. London: F. Warne, 1893-1896. url p. 273.
- The royal natural history. With pref. by P. L. Sclater. Illustrated with 72 col. plates and 1600 engravings. London, F. Warne, 1893-96. url p. 273.
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 56, p. 62, p. 62.
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 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Richards, S. & Parker, F. 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.
- Stephen Richards, Fred Parker 2004. Ceratobatrachus guentheri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29951
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664930
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664930
- IUCN ID: 198759
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133342
Footnotes
- Stephen Richards, Fred Parker 2004. Ceratobatrachus guentheri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
