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Jamaican snoring frog
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteopilus
Species: O. crucialis
Binomial name
Osteopilus crucialis
(Harlan, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Hyla crucialis Harlan, 1826

The Jamaican snoring frog (Osteopilus crucialis), or Harlan's Antilles frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to central Jamaica. Its natural habitats are mesic broadleaf woods and forests with large dead trees. It can be found on tree trunks and in bromeliads; males call from hollows in branches and bromeliads. Eggs are laid in bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus crucialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T55807A3032124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55807A3032124.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Osteopilus crucialis


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