Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: This is a diurnal
species that lives in the leaf-litter of primary
and secondary forest
, and has also been found in bamboo
and banana plantations, as well as forest fragments (but not open habitats
). It is a direct developer, and the eggs
are probably laid on the ground
.[1]
List of Habitats:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Leptodactylidae
()
- Werner, 1896 (1838)
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
()
- Genus:
Adelophryne
()
- Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984
- Specific name:
maranguapensis
- Hoogmoed, Borges and Cascon, 1994
- Scientific name: - Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges and Cascon, 1994
- Specific name:
maranguapensis
- Hoogmoed, Borges and Cascon, 1994
- Genus:
Adelophryne
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- Family:
Leptodactylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- 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 . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Adelophryne
There are approximately 6 species in this genus:
A. adiastola · A. baturitensis · A. gutturosa · A. maranguapensis · A. pachydactyla · A. tridactyla
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 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.
- Borges-Nojosa, D.M. and Lima, D.C. 2001. Dieta de Drymoluber dichrous (Peters, 1863) dos brejos-de-altitude do Estado do Ceara, Brasil (Serpentes, Colubridae) [Diet of Drymoluber dichrous (Peters, 1863) from the altitudinal sites of the State of Ceara, Brazil (Serpentes, Colubridae)]. Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro Zoologia 468: 1-5.
- Eterovick, P.C., Carnaval, A.C.O.Q., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Silvano, D.L., Segalla, M.V. and Sazima, I. 2005. Amphibian declines in Brazil: an overview. Biotropica 37(2): 166-179.
- Hoogmoed, M.S., Borges, D.M. and Cascon, P. 1994. Three new species of the genus Adelophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the other species of the genus. Zoologischer Mededelinger Leiden 68(15-25): 271-300.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Silvano, D. & Borges-Najosa, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28052
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663342
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663342
- IUCN ID: 56302
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149657
Footnotes
- Silvano, D. & Borges-Najosa, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
