Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Vicente's Poison Frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is a largely arboreal
species of humid tropical
lowland and montane
forest
. Breeding takes place in arboreal vegetation, and adults
then
transport larvae to forest streams to develop.[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
- 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:
Dendrobatoidea
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Subfamily:
Dendrobatinae
()
- Genus:
Oophaga
()
- Bauer, 1994
- Specific name:
vicentei
- (Jungfer, Weygoldt and Juraske, 1996)
- Scientific name: - Oophaga vicentei (Jungfer, Weygoldt and Juraske, 1996)
- Specific name:
vicentei
- (Jungfer, Weygoldt and Juraske, 1996)
- Genus:
Oophaga
(
- Subfamily:
Dendrobatinae
(
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
(
- 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
Dendrobates vicentei
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oophaga
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. arborea (Polkadot Poison Frog) · O. granulifera (Granular Poison Frog) · O. histrionica (Harlequin Poison Frog) · O. lehmanni (Lehmann's Poison Frog) · O. occultator (La Brea Poison Frog) · O. pumilio (Strawberry Poison Frog) · O. speciosa (Splendid Poison Frog) · O. vicentei (Vicente's Poison Frog)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: Johnson, J.D., Webb, R.G. and Flores-Villela, O.A. (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
- Jungfer, K.H., Weygoldt, P. and Juraske, N. 1996. Dendrobates vicentei, ein neuer Pfeilgiftfrosch aus Zentral-Panama. [Dendrobates vicentei, a new poison-dart frog from Central Panama]. Herpetofauna: 17-26.
- Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 3, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774038
- IUCN ID: 228166
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4294103
Footnotes
- Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor 2004. Oophaga vicentei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
