Description
[ Back to top ]
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in mid-altitude montane
rainforest, where it is a presumed direct developing species, probably breeding on the ground
or in moss on tree
trunks
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- 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:
Microhyloidea
()
- Family:
Microhylidae
()
- Günther, 1858 (1843)
- Subfamily:
Genyophryninae
()
- Genus:
Albericus
()
- Burton & Zweifel, 1995
- Specific name:
fafniri
- Menzies, 1999
- Scientific name: - Albericus fafniri Menzies, 1999
- Specific name:
fafniri
- Menzies, 1999
- Genus:
Albericus
(
- Subfamily:
Genyophryninae
(
- Family:
Microhylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Microhyloidea
(
- 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: 29-Aug-2005
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Albericus
There are approximately 15 species in this genus:
A. brunhildae · A. darlingtoni · A. exclamitans · A. fafniri · A. gudrunae · A. gunnari · A. laurini · A. rheaurum · A. rhenaurum · A. sanguinopictus · A. siegfriedi · A. swanhildae · A. tuberculus · A. valkuriarum · A. variegatus
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
[ Back to top ]
- 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.
- Menzies, J.I. 1999. A study of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 327-360.
- Zweifel, R.G. 2003. A new species of microhylid frog, genus Oreophryne, from Papua New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3419: 1-8.
Notes
[ Back to top ]
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.
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29387
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664386
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664386
- IUCN ID: 57663
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 131483
Footnotes
- Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
