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Jamaican snoring frog

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Jamaican snoring frog
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.3
  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.