Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Palawan Toadlet
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: It inhabits arboreal
microhabitats
in riverine habitat in montane
and lowland forests
. Its breeding biology
is unrecorded, but it presumably takes place in water by larval development.
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
5.2Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
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
()
- (Fischer Von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Family:
Bufonidae
()
- Gray, 1825
- Genus:
Pelophryne
()
- Barbour, 1938
- Specific name:
albotaeniata
- Barbour, 1938
- Scientific name: - Pelophryne albotaeniata Barbour, 1938
- Specific name:
albotaeniata
- Barbour, 1938
- Genus:
Pelophryne
(
- Family:
Bufonidae
(
- 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
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Members of the genus Pelophryne
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. albotaeniata (Palawan Toadlet) · P. api · P. brevipes · P. guentheri · P. lighti · P. macrotis · P. misera · P. rhopophilius · P. rhopophilius name · P. scalptus · P. signata
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Alcala, A.C. and Brown, W.C. 1985. Philippine Amphibians: An Illustrated Field Guide. Bookmark Press, Makati City, Philippines.
- 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.
- Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. and Alcala, A.C. 2001. The state of Philippine herpetology and the challenges for the next decade. Silliman Journal 42:1: 18-87.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 166.
- 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.
- Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Inger, R.F. 1954. The systematics and zoogeography of Philippine Amphibia. Fieldiana 33: 181-531.
- Inger, R.F. 1960. Notes on the toads of the Genus Pelophryne. Fieldiana: Zoology 39: 415-418.
- Inger, R.F. 1999. Distributions of amphibians in southern Asia and adjacent islands. In: W.E. Duellman (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective, pp. 445-482. John Hopkins University Press.
- Notes on toads of the genus Pelophryne. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. ENG url p. 416, p. 418.
- Supplementary catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History / Hymen Marx. [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. ENG url p. 59.
- Systematics and zoogeography of Philippine amphibia. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. ENG url p. 233, p. 234, p. 480, p. 514, p. 526.
- Taylor, E.H. 1923. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III. Philippine Journal of Science 22: 515-557.
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 4, 2006.
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D. and Gutierrez, B. 2004. Pelophryne albotaeniata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475725
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207268
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207268
- IUCN ID: 29588
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12010
