Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Leyte Tree Frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It inhabits arboreal
microhabitats
in lower montane
and lowland forests
,
and can also be found in disturbed
areas adjacent
to forest. It breeds
by direct development
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [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
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
()
- (Hoffman, 1932 (1858))
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
()
- Hoffman, 1932 (1858)
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
()
- Genus:
Philautus
()
- Gistel, 1848, nom. nov.
- Specific name:
leitensis
- (Boulenger, 1897)
- Scientific name: - Philautus leitensis (Boulenger, 1897)
- Specific name:
leitensis
- (Boulenger, 1897)
- Genus:
Philautus
(
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
(
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- 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
Members of the genus Philautus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. acutirostris (Philippine Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. annandalii (Annandale's Bush Frog) · P. aurifasciatus (Java Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. charius (Karnataka Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. femoralis (Plain Green Bush Frog) · P. ingeri (Inger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. leitensis (Leyte Tree Frog) · P. leucorhinus (Pointed-Nosed Bush Frog) · P. microtympanum (Gunther's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. mjobergi (Murud Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. petersi (Peter's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. poecilius (Mottled Tree Frog) · P. rhododiscus (Chinese Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. schmackeri (Mindoro Tree Frog) · P. signatus (Boulenger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. surdus (Luzon Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. vittiger (Indonesian Bubble-Nest Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 422.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 189, p. 190, p. 192, p. 193, p. 194, p. 210, p. 217.
- Systematics and zoogeography of Philippine amphibia. 33 1954 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. url p. 401, p. 457, p. 511, p. 512.
- The Philippine journal of science. 16 1920 Manila. url p. 296, p. 297, p. 301, p. 357.
Notes
Contributors
- Arvin Diesmos, Angel Alcala, Rafe Brown, Leticia Afuang, Genevieve Gee, Katie Hampson, Mae Leonida Diesmos, Aldrin Mallari, Perry Ong, Dondi Ubaldo, Baldwin Gutierrez 2004. Philautus leitensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- 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 February 1, 2012.
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D. and Gutierrez, B. 2004. Philautus leitensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- 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: 30647
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-665545
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 665545
- IUCN ID: 231867
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12677
Footnotes
- Arvin Diesmos, Angel Alcala, Rafe Brown, Leticia Afuang, Genevieve Gee, Katie Hampson, Mae Leonida Diesmos, Aldrin Mallari, Perry Ong, Dondi Ubaldo, Baldwin Gutierrez 2004. Philautus leitensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
