List of amphibians of Haiti

Last updated June 28, 2022

This is a list of amphibians found in Haiti. There are 58 amphibian species recorded in Haiti.

Common name	Scientific name authority	Preferred habitat	Native range	Status (IUCN) w/ population trend
Family Bufonidae: True toads
Eastern crested toad	Bufo fractus (Schwartz, 1972)	Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Southern crested toad	Bufo guentheri (Cochran, 1941)	Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Cane toad	Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	A nocturnal and terrestrial toad that inhabits humid areas with adequate cover, including cane fields, savannah, open forest, well watered yards and gardens. It also inhabits dry equatorial forests	North America to South America	Increasing
Family Eleutherodactylidae: Frogs
Abbott's robber frog	Eleutherodactylus abbotti Cochran, 1923	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Stable
Barahona rock frog	Eleutherodactylus alcoae Schwartz, 1971	Subtropical or tropical dry forests, rocky areas, and caves.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Mozart's frog	Eleutherodactylus amadeus Hedges, Thomas & Franz, 1987	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Decreasing
Tiburon burrowing frog	Eleutherodactylus aporostegus Schwartz, 1965	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
Apostates robber frog	Eleutherodactylus apostates Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.	Haiti	Trend unknown
Baoruco hammer frog	Eleutherodactylus armstrongi Noble & Hassler, 1933	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
South Island telegraph frog	Eleutherodactylus audanti Cochran, 1934	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
La Hotte bush frog	Eleutherodactylus bakeri Cochran, 1935	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti
	Eleutherodactylus bothroboans Schwartz, 1965	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
Short-nosed green frog	Eleutherodactylus brevirostris Shreve, 1936	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus caribe Hedges and Thomas, 1992	Subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
False green robber frog	Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax Schwartz, 1976	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.	Haiti	Decreasing
Caye Paul robber frog	Eleutherodactylus corona Hedges and Thomas, 1992	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus counouspeus Schwartz, 1964	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni Cochran, 1935	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
Patternless whistling frog	Eleutherodactylus diplasius Schwartz, 1973	Lowland and montane forests.^[1]	Haiti	Trend unknown^[1]
Hispaniolan ventriloquial frog	Eleutherodactylus dolomedes Hedges and Thomas, 1992	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus eunaster Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
Khaki bromeliad frog	Eleutherodactylus fowleri Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
La Selle red-legged frog	Eleutherodactylus furcyensis Shreve and Williams, 1963	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
La Hotte glanded frog	Eleutherodactylus glandulifer Cochran, 1935	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and intermittent rivers.	Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides Shreve, 1936	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Decreasing
Southwest Haiti robber frog	Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.	Haiti	Decreasing
Graham's robber frog	Eleutherodactylus grahami Schwartz, 1979	Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rocky areas.	Haiti	Decreasing
Half-stripe bromeliad frog	Eleutherodactylus heminota Noble & Hassler, 1933	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Baoruco burrowing frog	Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Diquini robber frog	Eleutherodactylus inoptatus (Barbour, 1914)	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
La Selle dusky frog	Eleutherodactylus jugans (Cochran, 1937)	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Castillon robber frog	Eleutherodactylus lamprotes Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Decreasing
Southern pastel frog	Eleutherodactylus leoncei Shreve and Williams, 1963	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus limbensis Lynn, 1958	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
St. Nicholas robber frog	Eleutherodactylus lucioi Schwartz, 1980	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rocky areas.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus melatrigonum Schwartz, 1966	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
Spiny giant frog	Eleutherodactylus nortoni Schwartz, 1976	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests or montanes, and caves.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Neiba telegraph frog	Eleutherodactylus notidodes Schwartz, 1966	Upland closed-canopy forest and forest edge, under rocks and debris.^[2]	Haiti	Decreasing^[2]
Rednose robber frog	Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841)	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
Coastal red-rumped frog	Eleutherodactylus paralius Schwartz, 1976	Mesic habitats, such as plantations, woods, gardens, ravines and trash piles in urban areas.^[3]	Haiti	Stable^[3]
Casillon robber frog	Eleutherodactylus parapelates Hedges and Thomas, 1987	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus paulsoni Schwartz, 1964	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, and caves.	Haiti	Decreasing
Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog	Eleutherodactylus pictissimus Cochran, 1935	Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus poolei Cochran, 1938	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
Rhodes' robber frog	Eleutherodactylus rhodesi Schwartz, 1980	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and arable land.	Haiti	Trend unknown
Ruth's robber frog	Eleutherodactylus ruthae Noble, 1923	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Schmidt's robber frog	Eleutherodactylus schmidti Noble, 1923	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.	Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Decreasing
Sud robber frog	Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus Schwartz, 1973	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
Foothill robber frog	Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus Shreve, 1936	Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.	Haiti	Decreasing
	Eleutherodactylus sommeri Schwartz, 1977	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
Morne Macay robber frog	Eleutherodactylus thorectes Hedges, 1988	Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.	Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus tychathrous Schwartz, 1965	Data deficient	Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus (Shreve, 1936)		Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus warreni Schwartz, 1976		Haiti	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus weinlandi Barbour, 1914		Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
	Eleutherodactylus wetmorei Cochran, 1932		Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
Family Hylidae: Tree frogs and allies
Hispaniolan giant tree frog	Osteopilus vastus (Cope, 1871)		Haiti to the Dominican Republic	Trend unknown
Family Ranidae: True frogs
American bullfrog	Rana catesbeianas (Shaw, 1802)		North America. Introduced in many other countries worldwide, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic.	Increasing

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References

1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus diplasius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195008A2372689. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195008A2372689.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus notidodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195011A2372949. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195011A2372949.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus paralius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195012A2373082. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195012A2373082.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.

AmphibiaWeb. Information on amphibian biology and conservation. (2012). "List of Amphibians in Haiti (database query web application)". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2012-05-01.

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[iucn_195008-1] 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus diplasius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195008A2372689. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195008A2372689.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[iucn_195011-2] 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus notidodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195011A2372949. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195011A2372949.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.

[iucn_195012-3] 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Eleutherodactylus paralius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T195012A2373082. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195012A2373082.en . Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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