Global InformationBaoruco burrowing frog information
| Baoruco burrowing frog | |
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Conservation status
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 Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Genus: | Eleutherodactylus |
| Species: | E. hypostenor
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| Binomial name | |
| Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965
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The Baoruco burrowing frog (Eleutherodactylus hypostenor), or Cabral robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola where it is found on the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti and eastward to the Baoruco Mountain Range, Dominican Republic.[2] Its natural habitat is closed mesic broadleaf forest, but it can also occur at shade-grown coffee and cacao plantations. It is a burrowing species. Males call from constructed underground chambers; also the eggs are laid underground. threatened by habitat loss, even within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park.[1]
- ^ a b Blair Hedges, Sixto Inchaustegui, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell (2004). "Eleutherodactylus hypostenor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56659A11499630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56659A11499630.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 October 2014.