Jamaican snoring frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Osteopilus |
Species: | O. crucialis |
Binomial name | |
Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826) | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- 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 | |
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Osteopilus crucialis |
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