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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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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References
- Hedges, B.; Koenig, S. & Wilson, B. (2004). "Osteopilus crucialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55807A11366434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55807A11366434.en.
- 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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