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Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus (Leaf Mimic Frog)

Synonyms: Euhyas sisyphodema

Wikipedia Abstract

Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus is a species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family endemic to Jamaica. It is only known from its type locality in Cockpit Country. Its natural habitats are low-elevation wet forests on limestone. It lives in heavy leaf-litter. It requires undisturbed forested habitat, and is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  8
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.709 inches (1.8 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bahamoan-Antillean mangroves Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic Neotropic Mangroves      
Jamaican dry forests Jamaica Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Jamaican moist forests Jamaica Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cockpit Country Forest Reserve 54796 Jamaica    

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Cockpit Country and Catadupa Jamaica  

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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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