Description
Habitat
Ecology: It inhabits montane
tropical
forest
, and is presumed to breed
by direct development
with the eggs
and hatchlings
being carried on the female's back.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
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:
williamsoni
- Gaige, 1922
- Scientific name: - Gastrotheca williamsoni Gaige, 1922
- Specific name:
williamsoni
- Gaige, 1922
- 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.
- Barrio Amorós, C.L. 2004. Amphibians of Venezuela Systematic List, Distribution and References, An Update. Rev. Ecol. Lat. Am 9(3): 1-48.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 144, p. 5.
- Duellman, W.E. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Hylidae, Centrolenidae, Pseudidae. Das Tierreich 95: 1-225.
- 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.
- Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Gaige, H.T. 1922. A new Gastrotheca from Venezuela. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan 107: 1-3.
- La Marca, E. 1992. Catalogo taxonomico, biogeografico y bibliografico de las ranas de Venezuela. Cuadernos Geograficos, Universidad de Los Andes 1: 1-197.
- La Marca, E. 1997. Lista actualizada de los anfibios de Venezuela. In: E. La Marca (ed.), Vertebrados Actuales y Fosiles de Venezuela, pp. 103-120. Museo de Ciencias y Tecnología de Mérida, Mérida.
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.
- La Marca, E. & Manzanilla, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475786
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207376
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207376
- IUCN ID: 55365
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 138061
Footnotes
- La Marca, E. & Manzanilla, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
