Jamaican snoring frog

Jamaican snoring frog
Scientific classification
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 or Harlan's Antilles frog (Osteopilus crucialis) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to central Jamaica.[2] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hedges, B., Koenig, S. & Wilson, B. (2004). "Osteopilus crucialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.