Mount Tucuche tree frog
| Mount Tucuche tree frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus |
| Species: | F. fitzgeraldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1933)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gastrotheca 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
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ 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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