Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Eleutherodactylidae > Eleutherodactylus > Eleutherodactylus symingtoni

Eleutherodactylus symingtoni (Symington's Robber Frog)

Synonyms: Eleutherodactylus delacruci; Eleutherodactylus delacruzi; Eleutherodactylus symingtomi; Euhyas symingtoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Eleutherodactylus symingtoni is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family.It is endemic to Cuba.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rocky areas, and caves.It is threatened by habitat loss. It has eyes 50% larger than its closest relative. This indicates special adaptation to its low light environment.
View Wikipedia Record: Eleutherodactylus symingtoni

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eleutherodactylus symingtoni

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.717 inches (6.9 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cuban dry forests Cuba Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Cuban moist forests Cuba Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cuban pine forests Cuba Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sierra del Rosario UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 61776 Cuba  

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aplectana hamatospicula <Unverified Name>[2]

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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