Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
ornate tree toad
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It is a diurnal
species found in streams
in primary
and secondary
forest
. It presumably breeds
in the small rivulets
and the tadpoles
develop in the streams. It has not been recorded outside forest.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [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:
Hylodidae
()
- Günther, 1858
- Subfamily:
Cycloramphinae
()
- Genus:
Hylodes
()
- Fitzinger, 1826
- Specific name:
ornatus
- (Bokermann, 1967)
- Scientific name: - Hylodes ornatus (Bokermann, 1967)
- Specific name:
ornatus
- (Bokermann, 1967)
- Genus:
Hylodes
(
- Subfamily:
Cycloramphinae
(
- Family:
Hylodidae
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Elosia ornata Bokermann
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Hylodes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. meridionalis (Rio Grande Tree Toad) · H. ornatus (Ornate Tree Toad) · H. perplicatus (Humboldt's Tree Toad) · H. phyllodes (Boraceia Tree Toad)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 100, p. 102, p. 379, p. 380.
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 10, 2012.
- 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.
- Monique Van Sluys, Carlos Alberto Gonalves da Cruz 2004. Hylodes ornatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- 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.
- Van Sluys, M. & Gonçalves da Cruz, C.A. 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 Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28848
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-550324
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550324
- IUCN ID: 215201
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139724
Footnotes
- Monique Van Sluys, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz 2004. Hylodes ornatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
