Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Horned Frog, Javan Horned Frog
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
It lives on the forest
floor of primary
and secondary forests, and
to some extent, plantations. It breeds
in streams
.[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 )
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
()
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Megophryidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Genus:
Megophrys
()
- Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822
- Specific name:
montana
- Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822
- Scientific name: - Megophrys montana Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822
- Specific name:
montana
- Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822
- Genus:
Megophrys
(
- Family:
Megophryidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- 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 Megophrys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. kobayashii (Kobayashi's Horned Frog) · M. ligayae (Palawan Horned Frog) · M. minor (Binchuan Horned Toad) · M. montana (Horned Frog) · M. nankiangensis (Nankiang Horned Toad) · M. nasuta (Borneon Horned Frog) · M. omeimontis (Mount Omei Spadefoot Toad) · M. stejnegeri (Mindanao Horned Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 213, p. 351.
- Amphibians of western China. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1950. url p. 180.
- Asiatic herpetological research. 7 1997 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 69, p. 70, fig. 1, page 73, fig. 2, page 74, p. 75, p. 76, rao & yang, page 93, p. 96, p. 97, p. 98.
- Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. London, U.K.: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, 2001. url p. 50, p. 53.
- Phylogenetic relationships of extant pelobatoid frogs (Anura:Pelobatoidea): evidence from adult morphology / by Anne M. Maglia. 1998 Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, [1998] url p. 13, p. 16.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 204, p. 418.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url , , p. 213, p. 215, p. 5, p. 84.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1181.
- Trophic ecology of a tropical anuran assemblage / by Jeffrey R. Parmelee. 1999 [Lawrence, Kan.]: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [1999] url p. 4.
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.
- Djoko Iskandar, Mumpuni 2004. Megophrys montana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Iskandar, D. & Mumpuni 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29311
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664177
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664177
- IUCN ID: 222287
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130971
Footnotes
- Djoko Iskandar, Mumpuni 2004. Megophrys montana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
