Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It lives in the leaf-litter of primary
and secondary forests
, but not in more degraded habitats
, and is dependent
upon bromeliads
in which it lays
its eggs
and in which the the larvae develop.[1]
List of Habitats:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
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:
Bufonidae
()
- Gray, 1825
- Genus:
Dendrophryniscus
()
- Jiménez de la Espada, 1871
- Specific name:
carvalhoi
- Izecksohn, 1994
- Scientific name: - Dendrophryniscus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1994
- Specific name:
carvalhoi
- Izecksohn, 1994
- Genus:
Dendrophryniscus
(
- Family:
Bufonidae
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Dendrophryniscus
There are approximately 11 species in this genus:
D. aurantiacus · D. berthalutzae · D. bokermanni · D. brevipollicatus · D. carvalhoi · D. leucomystax · D. minutus (Tiny Tree Toad) · D. stawiarskyi · D. stelzneri · D. stelzneri dorsalis · D. stelzneri fulvoguttatus
More Info
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- 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
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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.
- Izecksohn, E. 1993. Três novas espécies de Dendrophryniscus Jiménez de La Espada das regiões Sudeste e Sul do Brasil (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 10: 473-488.
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.
- Silvano, D. & Peixoto, O.L. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26562
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-661896
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 661896
- IUCN ID: 54807
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 136749
Footnotes
- Silvano, D. & Peixoto, O.L. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
