Eleutherodactylus caribe

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Eleutherodactylus caribe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. caribe
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus caribe
Hedges and Thomas, 1992

Eleutherodactylus caribe is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti. [2] Its natural habitat is coastal mangrove marsh. It is only known from one site near Dame-Marie where it was last seen in 1991. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hedges, Blair; Thomas, Richard (2010). "Eleutherodactylus caribe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T56493A11474736. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56493A11474736.en .
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus brevirostris Hedges and Thomas, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 June 2015.