Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: This species can be found in old-growth cloud forest
and altered zones such as secondary forest
and pastures; it also can be found in páramo. The female carries the eggs
in a pouch on her back and then deposits the larvae in small pools
of water.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
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:
pseustes
- Duellman and Hillis, 1987
- Scientific name: - Gastrotheca pseustes Duellman and Hillis, 1987
- Specific name:
pseustes
- Duellman and Hillis, 1987
- 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 Hillis, D.M. 1987. Marsupial frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) of the Ecuadorian Andes: Resolution of taxonomic problems and phylogenetic relationships. Herpetologica 43(2): 141-173.
- 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.
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., Morales, M. & Almeida, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27095
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662368
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662368
- IUCN ID: 55354
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 143503
Footnotes
- Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Morales, M. & Almeida, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
