Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Craugastoridae > Craugastor > Craugastor laticeps

Craugastor laticeps (Broadheaded Rainfrog)

Synonyms: Eleutherodactylus laticeps; Eleutherodactylus stantoni; Eleutherodactylus werleri; Epirhexis laticeps; Hylodes laticeps

Wikipedia Abstract

Craugastor laticeps (common name: broad-headed rainfrog, and many variations) is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico. Craugastor laticeps occurs in leaf-litter in lowland and premontane tropical forest. It tolerates moderate habitat alteration and can be found in cacao and coffee plantations. There are some threats to this species due to habitat loss.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.95
EDGE Score: 2.88
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  80 grams
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.15 inches (8 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chiquibul Forest Reserve VI 148670 Belize  
Columbia River Forest Reserve VI 149053 Belize  
Dzilam de Bravo Wetland Reserve 149170 Yucatan, Mexico    
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0