The Mount Tucuche tree frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi) is a species of tree frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Paria Peninsula, Venezuela.[2] It is an arboreal species occurring in various microhabitats of humid montane forest: leaf bases of bromeliads and aroids, bushes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Furthermore, they are also listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.[3]
| Mount Tucuche tree frog | |
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| F. fitzgeraldi in Trinidad and Tobago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus |
| Species: | F. fitzgeraldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1933)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gastrotheca fitzgeraldi Parker, 1934 | |
This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.
The male and female frogs are smaller than the pygmaeus' 'species by approximately 25.7% and 26.6%.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Flectonotus fitzgeraldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55316A109535175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55316A109535175.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Auguste, R. J., & Hailey, A. (2018). Diversity and Species Composition of Amphibians of the Aripo Savannas Scientific Reserve, Trinidad, West Indies. Journal of Herpetology, 52(1), 86–93. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44843097
- ^ Duellman, W. E., & Gray, P. (1983). Developmental Biology and Systematics of the Egg-Brooding Hylid Frogs, Genera Flectonotus and Fritziana. Herpetologica, 39(4), 333–359. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3892530
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