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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Archey's Frog
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: A terrestrial
and nocturnal
species, it occurs mostly at higher altitudes
in forested ranges
and more open sub-alpine scrub
. It lays
large unpigmented eggs
in damp situations on the ground
, which undergo direct development
without a larval stage
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
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
()
- (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
()
- Superfamily:
Discoglossoidea
()
- Günther, 1858
- Family:
Leiopelmatidae
()
- Mivart, 1869
- Genus:
Leiopelma
()
- Fitzinger, 1861
- Specific name:
archeyi
- Turbott, 1942
- Scientific name: - Leiopelma archeyi Turbott, 1942
- Specific name:
archeyi
- Turbott, 1942
- Genus:
Leiopelma
(
- Family:
Leiopelmatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Discoglossoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- 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 Leiopelma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. archeyi (Archey's Frog) · L. hamiltoni (Brown New Zealand Frog) · L. hochstetteri (Hochstetter's Frog) · L. pakeka (Maud Island Frog)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- 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.
- Archey, G. 1922. The habitat and life history of Liopelma hochstetteri. Rec. Canterbury (N.Z.) Mus. 2: 59-71.
- Bell, B.D. 1978. Observations on the ecology and reproduction of the New Zealand native frogs. Herpetologica 34: 340-354.
- Bell, B.D. 1982. New Zealand frogs. Herpetofauna 14: 1-21.
- Bell, B.D. 1985. Development and parental-care in the endemic New Zealand frogs. In: Grigg, G., Shine, R. and Ehmann, H. (eds), Biology of Australasian Frogs and Reptiles, pp. 269-278. Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty Ltd, Chipping Norton, NSW.
- Bell, B.D. 1996. Aspects of the ecological management of New Zealand frogs: conservation status, location, identification, examination and survey techniques. Ecological Management 4: 91-111.
- Bell, B.D. 1999. Recent population declines of Archey's frog (Leiopelma archeyi) in the central Coromandel Range. FrogLog 35: 3.
- Bell, B.D., Carver, S., Mitchell, N.J. and Pledger, S. 2004. The recent decline of a New Zealand endemic: how and why did populations of Archey's frog Leiopelma archeyi crash over 1996-2001?. Biological Conservation 120: 189-199.
- Bell, B.D., Daugherty, C.H. and Hitchmough, R.A. 1998. The taxonomic identity of a population of terrestrial Leiopelma (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) recently discovered in the northern King Country, New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Zoology 25: 139-146.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 102, p. 123, p. 86.
- Gill, B.J., Whitaker, A.H. 1996. New Zealand Frogs and Reptiles. Bateman, Auckland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Newman, D.G. 1996. Native frog (Leiopelma spp.) Recovery Plan. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 18: 40p. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
- Stephenson, E.M., Stephenson, N.G. 1957. Field observations on the New Zealand frog, Leiopelma. Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 84: 867-882.
- Turbott, E.G. 1942. The distribution of the genus Leiopelma in New Zealand, with a description of a new species. Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 71: 247-253.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bell, B. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bell, B. 2004. Leiopelma archeyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- 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 3, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475908
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-586345
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 586345
- IUCN ID: 11450
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4846
Footnotes
- Bell, B. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
