| Hispaniolan montane frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Genus: | Eleutherodactylus |
| Species: | E. montanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleutherodactylus montanus Schmidt, 1919 | |
Eleutherodactylus montanus, the Dominican mountain robber frog or Hispaniolan montane frog is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the Cordillera Central mountain range of the Dominican Republic, at elevations of 1,270–2,424 m (4,167–7,953 ft) asl. Its natural habitat is closed-canopy forest and forest remnants. It is typically found in the fern understory, where males call from low vegetation.
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and by disturbance from ecotourism.
References
- ^ Blair Hedges, Sixto Inchaustegui, Marcelino Hernandez, Robert Powell (2004). "Eleutherodactylus montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56776A11519615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56776A11519615.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus haitianus Barbour, 1942". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eleutherodactylus montanus | |
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