Craugastor bocourti
| Craugastor bocourti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Genus: | Craugastor |
| Species: | C. bocourti |
| Binomial name | |
| Craugastor bocourti (Brocchi, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hylodes bocourti Brocchi, 1877 | |
Craugastor bocourti (common name Bocourt's robber frog) is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the Alta Verapaz Department and the Sierra de las Minas.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]
Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it lives on the forest floor. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, wood extraction, and human settlement.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Acevedo, M. & Smith, E. (2004). "Craugastor bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2004: e.T56468A11481964. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Craugastor bocourti (Brocchi, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
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