Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This is an arboreal
species occurring in mountainous and submountainous
ranges
and inhabiting primary
and secondary subtropical
rainforests
and forest
edges
, including Araucaria forests. A nocturnal
, explosive
breeder, this species breeds in still permanent water bodies in the
forest or at the forest edge. Breeding occurs during the summer months
(December to February). Eggs
and larvae of the new species are not
yet known (Kwet and Solé 2008).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent 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:
Hylinae
()
- Genus:
Trachycephalus
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Specific name:
dibernardoi
- Kwet & Sol?, 2008
- Scientific name: - Trachycephalus dibernardoi Kwet & Sol?, 2008
- Specific name:
dibernardoi
- Kwet & Sol?, 2008
- Genus:
Trachycephalus
(
- Subfamily:
Hylinae
(
- 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
The taxonomic
status of the population in São Bento do Sul is uncertain
(A. Kwet pers. comm.
June 2009). Was confused with Trachycephalus
imitatrix (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926) prior to its naming. (Ref.
311345).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Trachycephalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. atlas (Bokermann's Casque-Headed Treefrog) · T. jordani (Jordan's Casque-Headed Treefrog) · T. nigromaculatus (Black-Spotted Casque-Headed Treefrog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).
- Kwet, A. and Solé, M. 2008. A new species of Trachycephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil. Zootaxa 1947: 53–67.
Notes
Contributors
- 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.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2009. Trachycephalus dibernardoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-774577
- IUCN ID: 246779
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4468156
Footnotes
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2009. Trachycephalus dibernardoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
