Baoruco burrowing frog

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Baoruco burrowing frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. hypostenor
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus hypostenor
Schwartz, 1965
Synonyms
  • Pelorius hypostenor(Schwartz, 1965)

The Baoruco burrowing frog (Eleutherodactylus hypostenor), or Cabral robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola where it lives on the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti and eastward to the Baoruco Mountain Range, Dominican Republic. [2] Its natural habitat is closed mesic broadleaf forest, but it can also occur at shade-grown coffee and cacao plantations. It is a burrowing species. Males call from constructed underground chambers; also the eggs are laid underground. threatened by habitat loss, even within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Blair Hedges, Sixto Inchaustegui, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell (2004). "Eleutherodactylus hypostenor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T56659A11499630. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56659A11499630.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.


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