Yellow-striped pygmy eleuth
| Yellow-striped pygmy eleuth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Genus: | Eleutherodactylus |
| Species: | E. limbatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eleutherodactylus limbatus (Cope, 1862)
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Phyllobates limbatus Cope, 1862 | |
Measuring only 0.33–0.47 in (8.5–12 mm), the yellow-striped pygmy eleuth (Eleutherodactylus limbatus) is perhaps the fifth-smallest frog in the world.
Mating calls and reproduction
E. limbatus has a very intense mating call, but it is brief (6.9 to 24.8 milliseconds) and high-pitched (6.5 to 8.3 kHz), at a rate of 278 per minute. Female frogs have a single ovary and lay one egg at a time, which is subsequently buried in the ground, where it develops quickly.[2]
Habitat
These frogs are found in Cuba at elevations up to 1,150 m above sea level, in closed-canopy mesic and xeric forests. Their distribution is highly fragmented,[3] with the total land area equaling 7,700 mi2 (20,000 km2).[1] Within this limited area, though, they are quite numerous.[4]
References
- ^ a b Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz (2010). Eleutherodactylus limbatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- ^ "Ranita Pigmea". eleuthare.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27.
- ^ "Eleutherodactylus limbatus range map". IUCN.
- ^ "Eleutherodactylus limbatus". natureserve.
Further reading
- http://www.globalamphibians.org/servlet/GAA?searchName=Eleutherodactylus+limbatus
- JSTOR 1447647
- http://www.picsearch.com/info.cgi?q=%22Eleutherodactylus%20limbatus%22&id=muntYNdnS5FzF_IYhhwRWo9K6pdfkD-RKQeGjIB4TXQ
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=550347
- http://www.eleuthare.com/listae.html