Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black Spiny-Chest Frog, Sapo Arriero
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: It can be found in temperate
shrubland and seasonal and permanent streams
, in which it reproduces. It is not tolerant
of habitat
destruction.[1]
List of Habitats:3.4Shrubland - Temperate
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
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:
Telmatobiinae
()
- Genus:
Alsodes
()
- Bell, 1843
- Specific name:
nodosus
- (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Scientific name: - Alsodes nodosus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Specific name:
nodosus
- (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Genus:
Alsodes
(
- Subfamily:
Telmatobiinae
(
- 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
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Eupsophus illotus (Barbour, 1922)
- Eupsophus nodosus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alsodes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. australis · A. barrioi · A. gargola · A. hugoi · A. igneus · A. kaweshkari · A. laevis · A. montanus · A. monticola (Island Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. nodosus (Black Spiny-Chest Frog) · A. pehuenche · A. tumultuosus · A. valdiviensis · A. vanzolinii · A. verrucosus · A. vittatus
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.
- Cei, J.M. (1980a): Amphibians of Argentina. - Monitore Zoologico Italiano (N.S.), Monografie 2, pp. [609 pp.]
- Formas, J.R. 1995. Anfibios. In: J.M. Simonetti, T.K. Arroyo, A. Spotorno and E. Loz (eds), Diversidad Biológica de Chile. Comisión nacional de ciencia y tecnologÃa (CONICYT), Santiago-Chile.
- Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Glade, A. (ed.) 1993. Red List of Chilean Terrestrial vertebrates. Corporación nacional forestal (CONAF) Santiago-Chile
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, ENG url p. 26, p. 27, p. 41.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 10, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 41.
- Servicio Agrícola Ganadero. 1998. Cartilla der caza. Subdepartamento de vida silvestre (DIPROREN). Imp. I. Flores Santiago de Chile.
- Servicio AgrÃcola Ganadero. 1998. Cartilla der caza. Subdepartamento de vida silvestre (DIPROREN). Imp. I. Flores Santiago de Chile.
- Veloso, A. and Navarro, J. 1988. Lista Sistemática y distribución geográfica de anfibios y reptiles de Chile. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino 6(2): 481-539.
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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Veloso, A. & Núñez, H. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Veloso, A. and Núñez, H. 2004. Alsodes nodosus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475916
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-550326
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550326
- IUCN ID: 930
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1251
Footnotes
- Veloso, A. & Núñez, H. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
