Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hemiphractidae > Flectonotus > Flectonotus fitzgeraldi

Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (marsupial frog)

Synonyms: Gastrotheca fitzgeraldi; Nototheca fitzgeraldi

Wikipedia Abstract

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. 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. This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
61
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.86
EDGE Score: 4.71
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  25 grams
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.945 inches (2.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera La Costa montane forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Península de Paria National Park II 92665 Sucre, Venezuela    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

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