Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species is known from near streams
and waterfalls
in moist lowland
evergreen
and semi-evergreen
forest
, where it is presumed to breed
by larval development.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) [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
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- 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
Huia melasma
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Stuart, Bryan L., and Tanya Chan-ard Two new
Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Laos and Thailand Copeia, vol.
2005, no. 2, 2005.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Odorrana
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. amamiensis (Amami Tip-Nosed Frog) · O. andersonii (Golden Crossband Frog) · O. ishikawae (Ishikawa's Frog) · O. narina (Ryukyu Tip-Nosed Frog) · O. nasica (Long-Snout Torrent Frog)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- 2004. Directory of Important Bird Areas in the Kingdom of Thailand: Key Sites for Conservation. Bird Conservation Society of Thailand and BirdLife International, Bangkok, Thailand, and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Stuart, B.L. and Chan-ard, T. 2005. Two new Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Laos and Thailand. Copeia: 279-289.
- Stuart, Bryan L., and Tanya Chan-ard Two new Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Laos and Thailand Copeia, vol. 2005, no. 2, 2005.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Simon Stuart 2006. Odorrana melasma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-775156
- IUCN ID: 227713
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4469551
Footnotes
- Simon Stuart 2006. Odorrana melasma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
