Jamaican snoring frog

The Jamaican snoring frog (Osteopilus crucialis), or Harlan's Antilles frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to central Jamaica.[2] Its natural habitats are mesic broadleaf woods and forests with large dead trees. It can be found on tree trunks and in bromeliads; males call from hollows in branches and bromeliads. Eggs are laid in bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Jamaican snoring frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteopilus
Species:
O. crucialis
Binomial name
Osteopilus crucialis
(Harlan, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Hyla crucialis Harlan, 1826

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus crucialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T55807A3032124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55807A3032124.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 April 2015.


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