La Hotte bush frog

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La Hotte bush frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. bakeri
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus bakeri
Cochran, 1935

The La Hotte bush frog or Baker's robber frog (Eleutherodactylus bakeri) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to the Massif de la Hotte in southwestern Haiti. [2] Its natural habitat is closed-canopy forest (now largely gone). This arboreal frog hides by day in bromeliads where it also lays the eggs. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell (2004). "Eleutherodactylus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T56449A11479931. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56449A11479931.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Eleutherodactylus bakeri Cochran, 1935". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 October 2014.