Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lanceback Treefrog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Individuals were found during the day in rocky grasslands sheltered
under rocks, moss, fallen logs
, arum leaves, and within bromeliad
rosettes, close to temporary puddles, ponds
and swamps
, as well as
in backwaters
of temporary streams
surrounded by vegetation. These
varied aquatic habitats
comprise the breeding habitat
. Males call
at night, from shrubby vegetation and occasionally on the ground
,
throughout the rainy season
(October-March), and also during the
dry season if there is water available for larval development. Clutches
of about 400 eggs
are placed on the bottom
of water bodies, usually
on submerged vegetation
. The larvae are diurnal
and live in aquatic
habitats with abundant aquatic vegetation.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
- 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
()
- 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
This species was described by reallocation of some specimens originally
allocated to Scinax duartei (Pugliese, Pombal and Sazima 2004).
[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scinax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. baumgardneri (Baumgardner's Snouted Treefrog) · S. berthae (Dwarf Snouted Treefrog) · S. boesemani (Boeseman's Snouted Treefrog) · S. boulengeri (Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog) · S. catharinae (Catharina Snouted Treefrog) · S. crospedospila (Campo Belo Snouted Treefrog) · S. cruentomma (Manaus Snouted Treefrog) · S. curicica (Lanceback Treefrog) · S. elaeochroa (Sipurio Snouted Treefrog) · S. garbei (Eirunepe Snouted Treefrog) · S. nebulosa (Spix's Snouted Treefrog) · S. proboscidea (Gran Rio Snouted Treefrog) · S. ruber (Red Snouted Treefrog) · S. rubra (Red Snouted Treefrog) · S. squalirostris (Striped Snouted Treefrog) · S. staufferi (Stauffer's Longnosed Treefrog) · S. sugillata (Quevedo Snouted Treefrog)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Pugliese, A., Pombal, J.P. Jr and Sazima, I. 2004. A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields of the Serra do Cipo, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa: 1-15.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Simon Stuart 2006. Scinax curicica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5451892
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774560
- IUCN ID: 241330
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962711
Footnotes
- Simon Stuart 2006. Scinax curicica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
