Description
Habitat
Ecology: It is a species of montane
cloud forest
, which has not so far been recorded from degraded habitats
. Animals have been found calling from fern fronds overhanging a cascading stream
at night. Breeding takes place in streams.[1]
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
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:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Centrolenidae
()
- Taylor, 1951
- Genus:
Centrolene
()
- Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
- Specific name:
bacatum
- Wild, 1994
- Scientific name: - Centrolene bacatum Wild, 1994
- Specific name:
bacatum
- Wild, 1994
- Genus:
Centrolene
(
- Family:
Centrolenidae
(
- 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
Members of the genus Centrolene
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 51 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acanthidiocephalum · C. acantidiocephalum · C. altitudinale · C. andinum (Andes Giant Glass Frog) · C. antioquiense · C. audax · C. azulae · C. bacatum · C. ballux · C. buckleyi · C. fernandoi · C. fleischmanni · C. geckoideum · C. geckoideumla · C. gemmatum · C. gorzulai · C. grandisonae · C. guanacarum · C. heloderma · C. hesperium · C. huilense · C. hybrida · C. ilex · C. lema · C. lemniscatum · C. litorale · C. lynchi · C. mariae · C. medemi · C. muelleri · C. notosticta · C. notostictum · C. paezorum · C. papillahallicum · C. peristictum · C. petrophilum · C. pipilatum · C. prosoblepon (Nicaragua Giant Glass Frog) · C. puyoense · C. quindianum · C. ritae · C. robledoi · C. sanchezi · C. scirtetes · C. siren · C. tayrona · C. valerioi · C. venezuelense · C. ilex (Topal Holly) · C. ilex (Koehne Holly) · Ilex x meservea (Blue Princess Holly)
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Wild, E.R. 1994. Two new species of centrolenid frogs from the Amazonian slope of the Cordillera Oriental, Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 28: 299-310.
Notes
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., Wild, E. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26659
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-661971
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 661971
- IUCN ID: 54906
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 136999
Footnotes
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Wild, E. & Cisneros-Heredia, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
