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Eleutherodactylus jaumei

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Species of amphibian

Eleutherodactylus jaumei
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species: E. jaumei
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus jaumei
Estrada & Alonso, 1997

Eleutherodactylus jaumei is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. This critically endangered species is endemic to a tiny area in Sierra Maestra in southeastern Cuba, where it mostly lives in closed mesic forest.

E. jaumei is relatively brightly marked in yellow-orange and very small, up to c. 1.3 cm (0.51 in) in snout–to–vent length. It is part of a closely related Cuban group that contains five additional described species (E. cubanus, E. etheridgei, E. iberia, E. limbatus and E. orientalis) 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).

References

  1. ^ Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz (2004). "Eleutherodactylus jaumei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56682A11504390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56682A11504390.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Rodríguez, A.; R. Alonso; J.A. Rodríguez; M. Vences (2012). "Geographic distribution, colour variation and molecular diversity of miniature frogs of the Eleutherodactylus limbatus group from Cuba". Salamandra. 48 (2): 71–91.
Taxon identifiers
Eleutherodactylus jaumei
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