Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Lowland Chirping Frog, rio grande chirping frog
Common Names in Spanish:
Rana-chirriadora mexicana
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species inhabits low and moderate elevations
in foothills. It
is found in moist shaded vegetation, palm groves, thickets, ditches,
resacas, lawns and gardens, and hides in sheltered moist spots when
inactive
and it sometimes burrows. It is a terrestrial
breeder and
breeds
by direct development
. It lays
eggs
in moist, sheltered spots
on land
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
()
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
()
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
()
- Duméril & Bibron, 1841
- Specific name:
cystignathoides
- (Cope, 1877)
- Scientific name: - Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Cope, 1877)
- Specific name:
cystignathoides
- (Cope, 1877)
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Eleutherodactylidae
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Syrrhophus campi • Syrrhophus campi Stejneger • Syrrhophus cystignathoides (Cope • Syrrhophus cystignathoides campi Stejneger • Syrrhophus cystignathoides cystignathoides (Cope • Syrrhopus cystignathoides
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Cope, E.D. On Some New and Little Known Reptiles
and Fishes
from the Austroriparian Region. Proc. Amer. Philos.
Soc. 17 (100): 63-68, 1877.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eleutherodactylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 88 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. acmonis (Ranita) · E. alfredi (Alfred's Rain Frog) · E. altae (Coral-Spotted Rain Frog) · E. alticola (Jamaican Peak Frog) · E. andrewsi (Jamaican Rumpspot Frog) · E. antillensis (Red-Eyed Coqui) · E. atkinsi (Ranita) · E. audanti (South Island Telegraph Frog) · E. augusti (Western Barking Frog) · E. augusti cactorum (Western Barking Frog) · E. augusti latrans (Eastern Barking Frog) · E. bartonsmithi (Ranita) · E. binotatus (Clay Robber Frog) · E. bocourti (Bocourt's Robber Frog) · E. bransfordii (Bransford's Litter Frog) · E. brittoni (Grass Coqui) · E. bufoniformis (Rusty Robber Frog) · E. chac (Chac's Leaf-Litter Frog) · E. cochranae (Cochran's Treefrog) · E. cooki (Cook's Robber Frog) · E. coqui (Caribbean Tree Frog) · E. crassidigitus (Isla Bonita Robber Frog) · E. cuneatus (Juventud Robber Frog) · E. curtipes (Intac Robber Frog) · E. cystignathoides (Lowland Chirping Frog) · E. daryi (Ford's Robber Frog) · E. dilatus (Guerreran Peeping Frog) · E. discoidalis (Tucuman Robber Frog) · E. duellmani (Duellman's Robber Frog) · E. eneidae (Eneida's Coqui) · E. fenestratus (Rio Mamore Robber Frog) · E. fitzingeri (Fitzinger's Robber Frog) · E. fraudator (Cochamba Robber Frog) · E. gaigeae (Fort Randolph Robber Frog) · E. gollmeri (Evergreen Robber Frog) · E. gryllus (Cricket Coqui) · E. guttilatus (Spotted Chirping Frog) · E. hedricki (Hedrick's Coqui) · E. hylaeformis (Pico Blanco Robber Frog) · E. hypostenor (Baoruco Burrowing Frog) · E. jasperi (Golden Coqui Frog) · E. johnstonei (Lesser Antillean Whistling Frog) · E. juipoca (Souzas Robber Frog) · E. karlschmidti (Webbed-Footed Coqui) · E. laticeps (Broad-Headed Cave Frog) · E. lentus (Yellow Mottled Coqui) · E. lineatus (Montane Robber Frog) · E. locustus (Locust Coqui) · E. longirostris (Long-Snouted Whistling Frog) · E. marnockii (Cliff Chirping Frog) · E. megacephalus (Broad-Headed Rain Frog) · E. mexicanus (Mexican Robber Frog) · E. mimus (Tilaran Robber Frog) · E. monensis (Mona Coqui) · E. nitidus (Shiny Peeping Frog) · E. noblei (Noble's Leaf Litter Frog) · E. ockendeni (Carabaya Robber Frog) · E. omiltemanus (Guerreran Robber Frog) · E. pantoni (Panton's Robber Frog) · E. pardalis (Leopard Robber Frog) · E. peruvianus (Peru Robber Frog) · E. pictissimus (Hispaniolan Yellow-Mottled Frog) · E. pinchoni (Grand Cafe Robber Frog) · E. pipilans (Whistling Chirping Frog) · E. planirostris (Greenhouse Frog) · E. podiciferus (Cerro Utyum Robber Frog) · E. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Coqui) · E. punctariolus (Bob's Robber Frog) · E. pygmaeus (Pygmy Free-Fingered Frog) · E. rhodopis (Polymorphic Robber Frog) · E. richmondi (Richmond's Coqui) · E. ridens (Rio San Juan Robber Frog) · E. rozei (Roze's Robber Frog) · E. rufifemoralis (Red-Legged Robber Frog) · E. rugulosus (Rugulose Rainfrog) · E. sartori (Chiapas Dwarf Robber Frog) · E. schwartzi (Virgin Islands Coqui) · E. stejnegerianus (Stejneger's Dirt Frog) · E. supernatis (El Carmelo Robber Frog) · E. syristes (Piping Peeping Frog) · E. talamancae (Almirante Robber Frog) · E. terraebolivaris (Tobago Robber Frog) · E. unicolor (Dwarf Coqui) · E. urichi (Lesser Antillean Robber Frog) · E. w-nigrum (Zurucuchu Robber Frog) · E. wightmanae (Melodius Coqui) · E. xucanebi (Xucaneb Robber Frog) · E. zeuctotylus (Sipaliwini Robber Frog)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 142, p. 177, p. 336.
Notes
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 9, 2012.
- Georgina Santos-Barrera, Luis Canseco-Mrquez, Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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.
- Santos-Barrera, G., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26036
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-776897
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550238
- IUCN ID: 206927
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAABD04210
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1556
Footnotes
- Georgina Santos-Barrera, Luis Canseco-Márquez, Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
