Mount Tucuche tree frog
| 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 | |
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 the Paria Peninsula,[1][2] the La Cerbatana Mountains and the Campeare Mountains in Venezuela.[1] It is an arboreal species occurring in various microhabitats of humid montane forest such as the leaf bases of bromeliads and aroids and in bushes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] The species was formerly listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.[3][4]
This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.[citation needed]
The male and female frogs are smaller than those of the F. pygmaeus species by approximately 25.5% and 26.6%, respectively.[5] As in F. pygmaeus, the tadpoles have beaks with only small amounts of keratin and there are no denticles. The tadpoles are not recorded as feeding[5] and hatch at an advanced stage of development.[1][5] Two to six eggs[1] are carried in a dorsal semi-enclosed pouch by females,[5] having been deposited there by the males.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g 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 30 January 2025.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 44843097.
- ^ Enrique La Marca, Jesús Manzanilla; Hardy, Jerry (2004). "Flectonotus fitzgeraldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55316A11290477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55316A11290477.en. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d 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. JSTOR 3892530.
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