Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is a water-dependent species, and is usually found in still water
,
milky
, silt-laden water, shaded by trees
in lowland forest
, including
secondary forest. However, it has also been found in small, very
slow-moving rocky streams
, and in water in agricultural land
, providing
that the water remains shaded. It can thrive in newly created aquatic
habitats
, which it readily colonises overland. It avoids waterbodies
with large fish populations. It breeds
in water and has predatory
tadpoles
.[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 )
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [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
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
()
- Superfamily:
Pipoidea
()
- Family:
Pipidae
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subfamily:
Dactylethrinae
()
- Genus:
Pseudhymenochirus
()
- Chabanaud, 1920
- Specific name:
merlini
- Chabanaud, 1920
- Scientific name: - Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud, 1920
- Specific name:
merlini
- Chabanaud, 1920
- Genus:
Pseudhymenochirus
(
- Subfamily:
Dactylethrinae
(
- Family:
Pipidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pipoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- 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 Pseudhymenochirus
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Further Reading
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- 1996. The Biology of Xenopus. Zoological Society of London, Clarendon Press, London.
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Canatella, D.C. and Trueb, L. 1988. Evolution of pipoid frogs: morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Pseudohymenochirus. Journal of Herpetology: 439-456.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Lamotte, M. 1963. Contribution a l'etude des batraciens de l'ouest Africain. XVII. Le developpement larvaire de Hymenochirus (Pseudohymenochirus) merlini Chabanaud. Bull. Inst. Fond. Afr. Noire: 944-953.
- Menzies, J.I. 1967. An ecological note on the frog Pseudhymenochirus merlini. Journal of the West African Scientific Association: 23-28.
- Schiøtz, A. 1964. A preliminary list of amphibians collected in Ghana. Vinensk. Medd. Fra Dansk Naturh. Foren. 127: 1-17.
- Schitz, A. 1964. A preliminary list of amphibians collected in Ghana. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening: 1-17.
- Sokol, O.M. 1977. The free swimming Pipa larvae, with a review of pipid larvae and pipid phylogeny. Journal of Morphology: 357-425.
- Tinsley, R.C. and Kobel, H.R. (eds) 1996. The Biology of Xenopus. Zoological Society of London, Clarendon Press, London.
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.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Richard Tinsley, Mark-Oliver Rdel, John Measey 2004. Pseudhymenochirus merlini. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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.
- Tinsley, R., Rödel, M.-O. & Measey, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29865
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664845
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664845
- IUCN ID: 236921
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133056
Footnotes
- Richard Tinsley, Mark-Oliver Rödel, John Measey 2004. Pseudhymenochirus merlini. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
