Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It is found in well-shaded cloud forest
, and most individuals have been recorded perched on bushes or low trees
at night (Lynch and Duellman 1980). It has also been found above small streams
. Breeding is by direct development
.[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
()
- (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Leptodactylidae
()
- Werner, 1896 (1838)
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
()
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
()
- Duméril & Bibron, 1841
- Specific name:
incanus
- Lynch and Duellman, 1980
- Scientific name: - Eleutherodactylus incanus Lynch and Duellman, 1980
- Specific name:
incanus
- Lynch and Duellman, 1980
- Genus:
Eleutherodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Eleutherodactylinae
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eleutherodactylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 826 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
E. aaptus · E. abbotti · E. acatallelus · E. acerus · E. achatinus · E. acmonis (Ranita) · E. actinolaimus · E. actites · E. acuminatus · E. acutirostris · E. adamastus · E. adelus · E. adercus · E. aemulatus · E. affinis · E. agusti · E. alalocophus · E. alberchi · E. albericoi · E. albilabris · E. albipes · E. alcoae · E. alfredi (Alfred's Rain Frog) · E. altae (Coral-Spotted Rain Frog) · E. altamazonicus · E. alticola · E. amadeus · E. amniscola · E. amphicerus · E. amplinympha · E. anatipes · E. anciano · E. andi · E. andicola · E. andrewsi · E. anemerus · E. angelicus · E. angustidigitorum · E. angustilineata · E. aniptopalmatus · E. anolirex · E. anomalus · E. anotis · E. anthrax · E. antillensis (Antillean Coqui) · E. anzuetoi · E. aphanus · E. apiculatus · E. apostates · E. appendiculatus · E. araiodactylus · E. ardalonychus · E. areolatus · E. armstrongi · E. ashkapara · E. atkinsi (Ranita) · E. atrabracus · E. atratus · E. audanti · E. augusti (Eastern Barking Frog) · E. augusti cactorum (Western Barking Frog) · E. augusti latrans (Eastern Barking Frog) · E. aurantiguttatus · E. aureolineatus · E. auriculatoides · E. auriculatus · E. aurilegulus · E. avicuporum · E. avius · E. azueroensis · E. babax · E. bacchus · E. baiotis · E. bakeri · E. bakeri heminota · E. balionotus · E. barlagnei · E. bartonsmithi (Ranita) · E. baryecuus · E. batrachites · E. batrachylus · E. bearsei · E. beatae · E. beebei · E. bellona · E. berkenbuschi · E. berkenbuschii · E. bernali · E. bicolor · E. bicumulus · E. bilineatus · E. binotatus · E. biporcatus · E. biporcatus megacephalus · E. bipunctatus · E. bisignatus · E. blairhedgesi · E. blairi · E. bockermanni · E. boconoensis
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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.
- Lynch, J.D. and Duellman, W.E. 1980. The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae). The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications 69: 1-86.
- Lynch, J.D. and Duellman, W.E. 1997. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus in western Ecuador. Systematics, Ecology, and Biogeography. The University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication 23: 1-236.
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 April 21, 2007.
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Almeida, D. & Nogales, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 28422
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663517
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663517
- IUCN ID: 56666
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149922
Footnotes
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Almeida, D. & Nogales, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
