Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species: E. oxyrhyncus
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus
(Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus femur-levis (Cochran, 1935)

Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola and known from the Massif de la Hotte and Massif de la Selle, occurring in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[1][2] It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and agriculture. It is known from the Pic Macaya and La Visite National Parks , but habitat degradation is occurring in these areas too.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hedges, B. & Thomas, R. (2010). "Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus nortoni Schwartz, 1976". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 June 2015.


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