Jamaican snoring frog

species of amphibian

The Jamaican snoring tree frog, lichened tree toad, green-backed tree toad, or Harlan's Antilles frog (Osteopilus crucialis) is a frog. It lives in Jamaica. Scientists have seen it as high as 1200 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

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[3]
  • Hyla crucialis Harlan, 1826
  • Trachycephalus lichenatus Gosse, 1851
  • Trachycephalus anochlorus Gosse, 1851
  • Hyla lichenata Boulenger, 1882
  • Calyptahyla lichenata Trueb and Tyler, 1974
  • Calyptahyla crucialis Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
  • Osteopilus crucialis Henderson and Powell, 2003


References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Osteopilus crucialis: Jamaican Snoring Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus crucialis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55807A3032124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55807A3032124.en. S2CID 242234779. 55807. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Osteopilus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 4, 2022.