Eleutherodactylus orientalis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Eleutherodactylidae
Genus
Eleutherodactylus
Species
Eleutherodactylus orientalis
Scientific Name
Eleutherodactylus orientalis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eleutherodactylus orientalis

Eleutherodactylus orientalis, the Oriental robber frog or Baracoa dwarf frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the vicinity of El Yunque, Baracoa, in easternmost Cuba. Although locally common, it requires undisturbed moist forest and has a tiny range, making it critically endangered from habitat loss and degradation.

E. orientalis is relatively brightly marked in yellow and very small, females averaging 1.33 cm (0.52 in) in snout–to–vent length and males 1.25 cm (0.49 in). It is part of a closely related Cuban group that contains five additional described species (E. cubanus, E. etheridgei, E. iberia, E. jaumei and E. limbatus) and at least one undescribed species; most of which are of tiny size, relatively brightly colored and possibly aposematic (at least E. iberia and E. orientalis have alkaloid toxins in their skin).

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