Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
jaguar leaf frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is usually found on trees
around temporary pools
in lowland primary
and secondary tropical
rainforest and forest-edge habitats
. The eggs
are deposited on leaves and the tadpoles
develop in temporary waterbodies.
It can be found in modified habitats at the forest
edge
.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [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:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Phyllomedusinae
()
- Genus:
Phyllomedusa
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Specific name:
palliata
- Scientific name: - Phyllomedusa palliata Peters, 1873
- Specific name:
palliata
- Genus:
Phyllomedusa
(
- Subfamily:
Phyllomedusinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phyllomedusa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. atelopoides (Toady Leaf Frog) · P. bicolor (Two-Colored Leaf Frog) · P. burmeisteri (Common Walking Leaf Frog) · P. distincta (Sao Paulo Leaf Frog) · P. duellmani (Purple and Orange Leaf Frog) · P. hypochondrialis (Orange-Legged Leaf Frog) · P. lemur (Lemur Frog) · P. palliata (Jaguar Leaf Frog) · P. rohdei (Rohde's Leaf Frog) · P. sauvagii (Sauvage's Leaf Frog) · P. tarsius (Brownbelly Leaf Frog) · P. tetraploidea (Hidden Walking Leaf Frog) · P. tomopterna (Tiger-Sriped Leaf Frog) · P. vaillantii (White-Lined Leaf Frog)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the. .. British Museum. London, 1882. url p. 426.
- Guide to the frogs of the Iquitos region, Amazonian Peru / by Lily O. Rodríguez and William E. Duellman. [Lima?]: Asociación de Ecología y Conservación; 1994. url p. 45.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1974 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 12, fig. 104, page 179, fig. 174, page 297, fig. 180, page 306, fig. 181, page 307, p. 38, p. 47, p. 65, fig. 47, page 73.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1991 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 7.
- Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url p. 31.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 55 1995 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 346.
- Trophic ecology of a tropical anuran assemblage / by Jeffrey R. Parmelee. 1999 [Lawrence, Kan.]: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [1999] url figs. 23-24, page 36.
Notes
Contributors
- Ariadne Angulo, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Marinus Hoogmoed, Claude Gascon, Javier Icochea, Diego Cisneros-Heredia 2004. Phyllomedusa palliata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27625
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663021
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13801124
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663021
- IUCN ID: 232462
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149228
Footnotes
- Ariadne Angulo, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Marinus Hoogmoed, Claude Gascon, Javier Icochea, Diego Cisneros-Heredia 2004. Phyllomedusa palliata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
