Jamaican snoring frog
Appearance
Jamaican snoring frog | |
---|---|
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)
| |
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
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
- ^ 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.