Overview
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Endangered |
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in montane
forest
(including secondary forest and forest edges), and raffia palm swamps
, and is often associated with streams
in which it breeds
(which is unusual for a species in this genus).[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs
, Marshes, Swamps, Fens
, Peatlands
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Taxonomy
- 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
()
- (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
()
- Laurent, 1943
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
()
- Genus:
Afrixalus
()
- Laurent, 1944
- Specific name:
lacteus
- Perret, 1976
- Scientific name: - Afrixalus lacteus Perret, 1976
- Specific name:
lacteus
- Perret, 1976
- Genus:
Afrixalus
(
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
(
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- 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
Members of the genus Afrixalus
There are approximately 52 species in this genus:
A. aureus (Golden Dwarf Reed Frog) · A. brachycnemis (Short-Legged Spiny Reed Frog) · A. brachycnemis brachycnemis · A. brachycnemis wiedholzi · A. clarkei · A. clarkeorum · A. congicus · A. crotalus (Snoring Spiny Reed Frog) · A. delicatus (Delicate Spiny Reed Frog) · A. dorsalis (Striped Spiny Reed Frog) · A. dorsalis dorsalis · A. dorsalis leptosomus · A. dorsalis regularis · A. enseticola · A. equatorialis · A. fornasini (Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. fornasinii · A. fornasinii fornasinii · A. fulvovittatus · A. fulvovittatus brevipalmatus · A. fulvovittatus fulvovittatus · A. fulvovittatus leptosomus · A. georgiana · A. julvittatus · A. julvittatus leptosomus · A. knysnae (Knysna Spiny Reed Frog) · A. lacteus · A. laevis · A. leucostictus · A. lindholmi · A. madagascariensis · A. morerei · A. nigeriensis · A. orophilus · A. osorioi (Osorio's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. osorioi congicus · A. paradorsalis · A. pygmaeus · A. pygmaeus septentrionalis · A. quadrivittatus · A. schneideri · A. septentrionalis · A. spinifrons (Natal Spiny Reed Frog) · A. spinifrons intermedius · A. stuhlmanni · A. sylvaticus · A. uluguruensis · A. upembae · A. vibekensis · A. vittiger · A. weidholzi · A. wittei (De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog)
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Further Reading
- Amiet, J.-L. 1972. Notes faunistiques, ethologistiques et ecologistiques sur quelques amphibiens anoures du Cameroun. Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun 9: 127-153
- Amiet, J.-L. 1975. Ecologie et distribution des amphibiens anoures de la region de Nkongsamba (Cameroun). Ann. Fac. Sci. Yaounde 20: 33-107.
- 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.
- Herrmann, H-W., Böhme, W., Herrmann, P.A., Plath, M., Schmitz, A. and Solbach, M. 2005. African Biodiversity Hotspots: the amphibians of Mt. Nlonako, Cameroon. Salamandra 41(1/2): 61-81.
- Perret, J.-L. 1976. Identite de quelques Afrixalus (Amphibia, Salienta, Hyperoliidae). Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles 99: 19-28.
- Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
Notes
Contributors
- Amiet, J.-L. & Schiøtz, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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 3, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27811
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663038
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663038
- IUCN ID: 56066
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149244
Footnotes
- Amiet, J.-L. & Schiøtz, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
