Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Eleutherodactylidae > Eleutherodactylus > Eleutherodactylus wetmoreiEleutherodactylus wetmorei (Tiburon Whistling Frog)Synonyms: Eleutherodactylus auriculatus wetmorei; Eleutherodactylus varians wetmorei; Eleutherodactylus wetmorei ceraemerus; Eleutherodactylus wetmorei wetmorei; Eleutherodactylus wetmorei williamsi Eleutherodactylus wetmorei is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola and occurs in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Specifically, it occurs on the Tiburon Peninsula (Haiti) and east to the Massif de la Selle in the southwestern Dominican Republic, and on the Massif du Nord in north-central Haiti east to west-central Dominican Republic. Its natural habitats are mesic broadleaf forests. It is an arboreal species occurring bromeliads and other plants, and also in leaf axils of bananas plantations. Eggs are laid in bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and agriculture. It is known from several protected areas, but most of them are in need of better management. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.36 EDGE Score: 3.72 |
Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.614 inches (4.1 cm) |
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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. |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-21; License: CC BY 4.0
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