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South Island telegraph frog

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South Island telegraph frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. audanti
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus audanti
Cochran, 1934
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus neodreptus Schwartz, 1965

South Island telegraph frog (Eleutherodactylus audanti) is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family endemic to Hispaniola. It occurs in the Massif de la Hotte and Massif de la Selle, Haiti, and in the Sierra de Baoruco, the Dominican Republic.[2] Its natural habitats are upland closed-canopy forests and forest edges where it is found under rocks and debris. It is a moderately common species in suitable habitat but threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2015.1
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus audanti Cochran, 1934". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 June 2015.