| Ololygon alcatraz | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Ololygon |
| Species: | O. alcatraz |
| Binomial name | |
| Ololygon alcatraz (B. Lutz, 1973) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ololygon alcatraz is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Ilha dos Alcatrazes, an island off the coast of São Paulo state, Brazil. Common name Alcatraz snouted Treefrog has been coined for it.
Ololygon alcatraz occurs in primary and secondary forest as well as degraded forest. It completes its entire life cycle (including tadpoles) in bromeliads.
The range of this species is very small, and it is threatened by touristic activities and fire.
References
- ^ Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (2004). "Ololygon alcatraz". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55924A11393985. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55924A11393985.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Ololygon alcatraz (Lutz, 1973)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- Brasileiro, Cínthia A.; Haddad, Célio F. B.; Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Sazima, Ivan (2007). "A new and threatened island-dwelling species of Cycloramphus (Anura: Cycloramphidae) from southeastern Brazil". Herpetologica. 63 (4): 501–510. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[501:anatis]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86290700.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Scinax alcatraz | |
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