Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mocha Island ground frog
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It can be found under logs
in mixed temperate forest. It lays
its
eggs
in small, terrestrial
, water-filled holes
on hillsides. The
larvae develop in the same places.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Family:
Cycloramphidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Cycloramphidae
(
- 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
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Eupsophus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. calcaratus (Chiloe Island Ground Frog) · E. contulmoensis (Contulmo Ground Frog) · E. insularis (Mocha Island Ground Frog) · E. nahuelbutensis (Nahuelbuta Ground Frog) · E. roseus (Rosy Ground Frog) · E. vertebralis (Valdivia Ground Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 88.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1988 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 11.
Notes
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Contributors
- Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Jose Núñez, Juan Carlos Ortiz 2010. Eupsophus insularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28829
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663885
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663885
- IUCN ID: 209252
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3698
Footnotes
- Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Jose Núñez, Juan Carlos Ortiz 2010. Eupsophus insularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
