Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata
| Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Chiasmocleis |
| Species: | C. ventrimaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata (Andersson, 1945) | |
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Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata, commonly known as the dotted humming frog,[1] is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.[2] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
The frog is known to have a mutualistic relationship with the burrowing tarantula Xenesthis immanis.[3] The tarantula provides the frog protection from predators and a food source from insects feeding on the remains of its prey. The frog's foraging protects the tarantula's eggs from ants.[4]
This mutualism between microhylids and large spiders is common and occurs in various parts of the world.[5]
References
- ↑ "Tiny frogs and giant spiders: the best of friends : Tetrapod Zoology". Scienceblogs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ↑ Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Monteza, J.I., Angulo, A., Jungfer, K.-H., Castro, F., Rueda, J.V., Reichle, S., De la Riva, I. & Gascon, C. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/57764/all 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata (Accessed: March 23, 2012).
- ↑ Crocroft, Reginald B.; Hambler, Keith (1989). "Observations on a commensal relationship of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata and the burrowing theraphosid spider Xenesthis immanis in southeastern Peru" (PDF). Biotropica 21 (1): 2–8. doi:10.2307/2388434.
- ↑ Naish, Darren . Tiny frogs and giant spiders: the best of friends. Tetrapod Zoology (Posted: July 3, 2009)
- ↑ "Tiny frogs and giant spiders: the best of friends"
External links
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