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Eleutherodactylus hypostenor (Baoruco Burrowing Frog)

Synonyms: Pelorius hypostenor

Wikipedia Abstract

The Baoruco burrowing frog or Cabral robber frog (Eleutherodactylus hypostenor) is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola where it is found on the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti and eastward to the Baoruco Mountain Range, Dominican Republic. Its natural habitats are closed mesic broadleaf forests, but it can also occur at shade-grown coffee and cacao plantations. It is a burrowing species. Males call from constructed underground chambers; also the eggs are laid underground. threatened by habitat loss, even within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park.
View Wikipedia Record: Eleutherodactylus hypostenor

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eleutherodactylus hypostenor

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.165 inches (5.5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Hispaniolan dry forests Haiti, Dominican Republic Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Hispaniolan moist forests Haiti, Dominican Republic Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sierra de Bahoruco National Park II 284441 Dominican Republic  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. 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