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Jamaican snoring frog

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Jamaican snoring frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteopilus
Species:
O. crucialis
Binomial name
Osteopilus crucialis
(Harlan, 1826)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla crucialis Harlan, 1826
  • Trachycephalus lichenatus Gosse, 1851
  • Trachycephalus anochlorus Gosse, 1851
  • Hyla lichenata Boulenger, 1882
  • Calyptahyla lichenata Trueb and Tyler, 1974
  • Calyptahyla crucialis Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
  • Osteopilus crucialis Henderson and Powell, 2003

The Jamaican snoring tree frog, lichened tree toad, green-backed tree toad, or Harlan's Antilles frog (Osteopilus crucialis) is a frog. It lives in Jamaica. Scientists have seen it as high as 1200 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]


References

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  1. 1 2 "Osteopilus crucialis: Jamaican Snoring Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus crucialis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55807A3032124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55807A3032124.en. S2CID 242234779. 55807. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Osteopilus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 4, 2022.