Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cape ghost frog, Purcell's Ghost Frog, Purcell's African ghost frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It lives in fynbos heathland and forest
. It breeds
in perennial streams
in forested gorges
of the southwestern Cape
mountains. The tadpoles
take two years to develop.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [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:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Heleophrynidae
()
- (Noble, 1931) Hoffman, 1935
- Genus:
Heleophryne
()
- Sclater, 1898
- Specific name:
purcelli
- Sclater, 1899
- Scientific name: - Heleophryne purcelli Sclater, 1898 Sclater, 1899
- Specific name:
purcelli
- Sclater, 1899
- Genus:
Heleophryne
(
- Family:
Heleophrynidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- 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
Heleophryne purcelli Sclater, 1898
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Sclater, W. L. List of the reptiles
and batrachians
of South Africa, with descriptions
of new species. Annals of
South African Museum, 1:95-111., 1898.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This species might include Heleophryne orientalis (L. Minter
pers. comm.
).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Heleophryne
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. hewitti (Hewitt's Ghost Frog) · H. natalensis (Natal Ghost Frog) · H. orientalis (Eastern Ghost Frog) · H. purcelli (Purcell's Ghost Frog) · H. regis (Royal Ghost Frog) · H. rosei (Table Mountain Ghost Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 108, p. 95, p. 95, p. 95.
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 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Leslie Minter, Alan Channing, James Harrison 2004. Heleophryne purcelli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Minter, L., Channing, A. & Harrison, J. 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27003
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208066
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208066
- IUCN ID: 213266
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144435
Footnotes
- Leslie Minter, Alan Channing, James Harrison 2004. Heleophryne purcelli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
