Overview
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It inhabits small, slow-flowing streams
surrounded by lush vegetation in forest
or grassland habitat
. It probably breeds
in streams like other species of the genus.[1]
List of Habitats:1.4Forest - Temperate
4.4Grassland - Temperate
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
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
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
()
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Family:
Megophryidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1850
- Genus:
Scutiger
()
- Theobald, 1868
- Specific name:
ruginosus
- Scientific name: - Scutiger ruginosus
- Specific name:
ruginosus
- Genus:
Scutiger
(
- Family:
Megophryidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pelobatoidea
(
- Suborder:
Archeobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scutiger
There are approximately 46 species in this genus:
S. adungensis · S. auriscalpium · S. bhutanensis · S. boulengeri · S. brevipes · S. chintingensis · S. cryptopus · S. decurrens · S. ellisii · S. glandulatus · S. gongshanensis · S. griseus · S. hispidellus · S. holocyaneus · S. jiulongensis · S. laeticolor · S. liupanensis · S. maculatus · S. major · S. mammatus · S. muliensis · S. nepalensis · S. ningshanensis · S. nyingchiensis · S. nyingchiensisof · S. occidentalis · S. omeimontis · S. ovinus · S. persicinus · S. pescaprae · S. pingii · S. pingwuensis · S. popei · S. radicatus · S. retipes · S. ruginosus · S. rugosus · S. schmidti · S. sikimmensis · S. sikkimensis · S. subradicatus · S. subrubescens · S. subsquamosus · S. tuberculatus · S. weigoldi · S. whiteae
More Info
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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.
- Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y. and Chen, S.-W. 1986. Polymorphism in some pelobatid toads of the genus Scutiger. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 32(2): 168-179.
- MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.
- The Comprehensive Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 1997. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hengduan Mountains. Science Press, Beijing.
- Zhao, E.-M. and Adler, K. 1993. Herpetology of China. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Oxford, Ohio.
- Zhao, E.-M. and Jiang, Y.-M. 1982. Studies on amphibians and reptiles of Mt. Gongga Shan, Sichuan, China. 2. A new species of genus Scutiger (Amphibia: Pelobatidae). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 1(1): 79-82.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Guanfu, W. & Yuezhao, W. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29366
- IUCN ID: 57621
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 629343
Footnotes
- Guanfu, W. & Yuezhao, W. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
