Agalychnis litodryas

Overview

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Vulnerable

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Pink-Sided Leaf Frog

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: An arboreal species of humid lowland forest . The single specimen in Panama was collected on a bush in a swamp . The holotype was found at night perched about one and a half meters above the ground in a bush at the edge of a swamp (Duellman and Trueb 1967). A gliding species, the Ecuadorian specimens have been heard calling from bushes overhanging a shallow pond in a banana grove at night (Duellman 2001). It deposits its eggs on the leaves floating on ponds, and larvae jump into the pond and develop in the water. Since it depends on the forest canopy, it is not very adaptable to disturbance . (Ref. 0)

List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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: Hylidae () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae ()
        Genus: Agalychnis () - Cope, 1864
        Specific name: litodryas - (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)
        Scientific name: - Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Treub, 1967)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Agalychnis

There are approximately 14 species in this genus:

A. alcorni · A. annae · A. calcarifer · A. callidryas (Red-Eyed Tree Frog) · A. callidryas callidryas · A. craspedopus · A. dacnicolor · A. helenae · A. litodryas · A. moreleti · A. moreletii · A. saltator · A. spurreli · A. spurrelli (Gliding Leaf Frog)

Bibliography

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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.
Duellman, W.E. 2001. The Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Duellman, W.E. and Trueb, L. 1967. Two new species of tree frogs (genus Phyllomedusa) from Panama. Copeia 1967(1): 125-131.
Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: J.D. Johnson, R.G. Webb and O.A. Flores-Villela (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.

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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.
Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Jungfer, K.-H., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Almandáriz, A., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C. & Fuenmayor, Q. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475753
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208132
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 263195
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208132
IUCN ID: 55292
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144579