| Jamaican snoring frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteopilus |
| Species: | O. crucialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826) | |
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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]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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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