Mount Tucuche tree frog

Mount Tucuche tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Flectonotus
Species: F. fitzgeraldi
Binomial name
Flectonotus fitzgeraldi
(Parker, 1933)
Synonyms

Gastrotheca fitzgeraldi Parker, 1934
Nototheca fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)

The Mount Tucuche tree frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Paria Peninsula, Venezuela.[2] It is arboreal species occurring in various microhabitats: leaf bases of bromeliads and aroids, bushes, and also in montane humid forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.

References

  1. 1 2 La Marca, E., Manzanilla, J. & Hardy, J. (2004). "Flectonotus fitzgeraldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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