Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It occurs in clear, fast-flowing streams
in Andean cloud forests
. The eggs
are laid on land
and the male protects the eggs. When they are hatched, the male carries the larvae on his back to water where they develop further.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
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:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
()
- Cope, 1865 (1850)
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
()
- Cope, 1865
- Genus:
Nephelobates
()
- La Marca, 1994
- Specific name:
alboguttatus
- (Boulenger, 1903)
- Scientific name: - Nephelobates alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1903)
- Specific name:
alboguttatus
- (Boulenger, 1903)
- Genus:
Nephelobates
(
- Family:
Dendrobatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Dendrobatoidea
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Nephelobates
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. alboguttatus · N. duranti · N. haydeeae · N. leopardalis · N. mayorgai · N. meridensis · N. molinarii · N. orostoma · N. serranus
More Info
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- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
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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.
- Barrio Amorós, C.L. 2004. Amphibians of Venezuela Systematic List, Distribution and References, An Update. Rev. Ecol. Lat. Am 9(3): 1-48.
- Frost, D.R. (ed.) 1985. Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press and the Association of Systematic Collections, Lawrence, Kansas.
- La Marca, E. 1984. Eleutherodactylus vanadise sp. Nov. (Anura: Leptodactylidae): first cloud forest Eleutherodactylus from the Venezuelan Andes. Herpetologica 40(1): 31-37
- La Marca, E. 1985. Systematics and ecological observations on the Neotropical frogs Hyla jahni and Hyla platydactyla. Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 227-237.
- 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. 1994. Descripción de un género nuevo de ranas (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) de la Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Anuario de Investigación 1991, Inst. Geografia Univ. Los Andes, Mérida 1991: 39-41.
- La Marca, E. 1995. Crisis de biodiversidad en anfibios de Venezuela: estudio de casos. In: M.E. Alonso-Amelot (ed.), La Biodiversidad Neotropical y la Amenaza de las Extinciones, pp. 47-69. Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida.
- 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.
- Lutz, A. 1927. Notas sobre batrachios da Venezuela e da Ihla de Trinidad. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 20(1): 35-65.
- Myers, C.W., Paolillo, A. and Daly, J.W. 1991. Discovery of a defensively malodorous and nocturnal frog in the family Dendrobatidae: phylogenetic significance of a new genus and species from the Venezuelan Andes. American Museum Novitates 3002: 1-33.
- Piñero, J. and Durant, P. 1993. Dieta y habitat de una comunidad de anuros de la selva nublada en los Andes meridenos. Resumenes III Congr. Latinoa. Zool.: 253.
- Piñero, J. and La Marca, E. 1996. Habitos alimentarios de Nephelobates alboguttatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) en una selva nublada andina de Venezuela. Revista de Biologia Tropical 44(2): 827-833.
- Péfaur, J.E. and Rivero, J.A. 2000. Distribution, species-richness, endemism, and conservation of Venezuelan amphibians and reptiles. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 2(2): 42-70.
- Rivero, J.A. 1961. Salienta of Venezuela. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 126(1): 1-207.
- Vial, J.L. and Saylor, L. 1993. The status of amphibian populations. A compilation and analysis. IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Population Task Force. Working Document No. 1: iii + 98 pp.
Notes
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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. & García-Pérez, J.E. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26976
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662310
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662310
- IUCN ID: 55253
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 143424
Footnotes
- La Marca, E. & García-Pérez, J.E. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
