Leptodactylus fallax: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Leptodactylidae
- Genus
- Leptodactylus
- Species
- Leptodactylus fallax
- Scientific Name
- Leptodactylus fallax
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leptodactylus fallax
Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the mountain chicken or giant ditch frog, is a critically endangered species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. The population declined by at least 80% from 1995 to 2004, with further significant declines later. A tiny wild population remains on Dominica where there are efforts to preserve it, but few or none survive in the wild on Montserrat and its survival now relies on a captive breeding project involving several zoos. The initial decline was linked to hunting for human consumption, along with habitat loss and natural disasters, but the most serious threat now appears to be the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which was the primary cause of the most recent rapid decline. On Montserrat it is known as the mountain chicken, while on Dominica it is known as the crapaud, which is simply means "toad" in French.
...Leptodactylus fallax in languages:
- English
- Mountain Chicken
- English
- Giant Ditch Frog
- English
- Crapaud
- English
- mountain chicken frog
- French
- Leptodactyle des Antilles
- German
- Antillen-Ochsenfrosch
- Russian
- Антильский свистун
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Leptodactylus albilabris
- Leptodactylus apepyta
- Leptodactylus avivoca
- Leptodactylus barrioi
- Leptodactylus bolivianus
- Leptodactylus brevipes
- Leptodactylus bufonius
- Leptodactylus caatingae
- Leptodactylus camaquara
- Leptodactylus colombiensis
- Leptodactylus cunicularius
- Leptodactylus cupreus
- Leptodactylus didymus
- Leptodactylus diedrus
- Leptodactylus discodactylus
- Leptodactylus elenae
- Leptodactylus fallax
- Leptodactylus flavopictus
- Leptodactylus fragilis
- Leptodactylus fremitus
- Leptodactylus furnarius
- Leptodactylus fuscus
- Leptodactylus gracilis
- Leptodactylus griseigularis
- Leptodactylus guianensis
- Leptodactylus hylodes
- Leptodactylus insularum
- Leptodactylus intermedius
- Leptodactylus jolyi
- Leptodactylus kilombo
- Leptodactylus knudseni
- Leptodactylus labrosus
- Leptodactylus labyrinthicus
- Leptodactylus laticeps
- Leptodactylus latinasus
- Leptodactylus latrans
- Leptodactylus lauramiriamae
- Leptodactylus leptodactyloides
- Leptodactylus lithonaetes
- Leptodactylus longirostris
- Leptodactylus luctator
- Leptodactylus macrosternum
- Leptodactylus magistris
- Leptodactylus marambaiae
- Leptodactylus melanonotus
- Leptodactylus myersi
- Leptodactylus mystaceus
- Leptodactylus mystacinus
- Leptodactylus natalensis
- Leptodactylus nesiotus
- Leptodactylus notoaktites
- Leptodactylus oreomantis
- Leptodactylus paraensis
- Leptodactylus paranaru
- Leptodactylus pascoensis
- Leptodactylus payaya
- Leptodactylus pentadactylus
- Leptodactylus peritoaktites
- Leptodactylus petersii
- Leptodactylus plaumanni
- Leptodactylus podicipinus
- Leptodactylus poecilochilus
- Leptodactylus pustulatus
- Leptodactylus rhodomerus
- Leptodactylus rhodomystax
- Leptodactylus rhodonotus
- Leptodactylus riveroi
- Leptodactylus rugosus
- Leptodactylus sabanensis
- Leptodactylus savagei
- Leptodactylus sertanejo
- Leptodactylus silvanimbus
- Leptodactylus spixi
- Leptodactylus stenodema
- Leptodactylus syphax
- Leptodactylus tapiti
- Leptodactylus troglodytes
- Leptodactylus turimiquensis
- Leptodactylus validus
- Leptodactylus vastus
- Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus
- Leptodactylus viridis
- Leptodactylus wagneri
- Leptodactylus watu









