Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It is a terrestrial
species of primary
and secondary montane
tropical
forest
; it exhibits
some resilience
in the face
of habitat
distrubance, and may be found in low intensity
farmed areas. The eggs
hatch
on the female's back, and the larvae are also carried on the back.[1]
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
14.4Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
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:
Hylidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Hemiphractinae
()
- Genus:
Gastrotheca
()
- Fitzinger, 1843
- Specific name:
excubitor
- Duellman and Fritts, 1972
- Scientific name: - Gastrotheca excubitor Duellman and Fritts, 1972
- Specific name:
excubitor
- Duellman and Fritts, 1972
- Genus:
Gastrotheca
(
- Subfamily:
Hemiphractinae
(
- Family:
Hylidae
(
- 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 Gastrotheca
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 65 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. abdita · G. albolineata · G. andaquiensis · G. angustifrons · G. antomia · G. argenteovirens · G. atympana · G. aureomaculata · G. boliviana · G. boliviana griswoldi · G. bufona · G. cavia · G. ceratophrys · G. christiani · G. chrysosticta · G. cornuta · G. dendronastes · G. dunni · G. ernestoi · G. espeletia · G. excubitor · G. fissipes · G. galeata · G. gracilis · G. griswoldi · G. guentheri · G. helenae · G. humbertoi · G. lateonota · G. lauzuricae · G. lauzuricae la · G. litonedis · G. lojana · G. longipes · G. marsupiata · G. marsupiata bifasciata · G. marsupiatum · G. medemi · G. mertensi · G. microdiscus · G. monticola · G. nicefori · G. ochoai · G. orophylax · G. ossilaginis · G. ovifera · G. pacchamama · G. peruana · G. phalarosa · G. piperata · G. plumbea · G. pseustes · G. psychrophila · G. rebeccae · G. riobambae · G. riobambe · G. ruizi · G. splendens · G. stictopleura · G. testudinea · G. trachyceps · G. walkeri · G. weinlandii · G. williamsoni · G. zeugocystis
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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.
- Duellman, W.E. and Fritts, T.H. 1972. A taxonomic review of the southern Andean marsupial frogs (Hylidae: Gastrotheca). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas (9): 1-37.
- Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.O., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. and Wheeler, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1-240.
- Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA) 2000. Mapa de Areas Naturales Protegidas del Peru. www.inrena.gob.pe/dganp.html:
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 15, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 25, p. 27, p. 32, p. 33, p. 35.
- Rodríguez, L.O., Cordova, J.H. and Icochea, J. 1993. Lista preliminar de los anfibios del Peru. Pub. Mus. His. Nat. Univ. Mayor de San Marcos Lima 45: 1–22.
Notes
Contributors
- Angulo, A., Arizabal, W. & Córdova-Santa Gadea, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27074
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662359
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662359
- IUCN ID: 55333
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 143490
Footnotes
- Angulo, A., Arizabal, W. & Córdova-Santa Gadea, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
