Eleutherodactylus Bartonsmithi
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''Eleutherodactylus bartonsmithi'' (Barton's robber frog) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to southeastern Cuba where it is only known from the Guantánamo Province near the mouth
Yumurí River The Yumurí is a river in Cuba, which drains into Bahia de Matanzas, an arm of the Straits of Florida in the historic provincial capital of Matanzas. The river begins in the village of Imias and winds its way through , including a steep canyon ...
and from Cupeyal in the Holguín Province. The latter location is in the
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park Alejandro de Humboldt National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt) is a national park in the Cuban provinces of Holguín and Guantánamo. It is named after the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt who visited the island in 1800 a ...
, but its validity has been questioned. The
specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
refers to Barton L. Smith, herpetologist who assisted Albert Schwartz during his field work in the Caribbean. The species' natural habitat is low-elevation closed forest, but it may also occur in coffee plantations. It is an arboreal species heard calling from shrubs, but can also be found in rock crevices. It is threatened by habitat loss.


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bartonsmithi Endemic fauna of Cuba Amphibians of Cuba Amphibians described in 1960 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Eleutherodactylus-stub