Eleutherodactylus Glanduliferoides
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''Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides'' is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the
Massif de la Selle In geology, a massif ( or ) is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a ...
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Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
. It is a very rare species that may already be extinct. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest at elevations of
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. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by charcoaling and slash-and-burn agriculture. The known locality is just outside the
La Visite National Park La Visite National Park (french: Parc National La Visite) is one of the two largest national parks of the Republic of Haiti. La Visite is a part of the Massif de la Selle mountain range. Its highest peak is 2275 meters in elevation. The park cover ...
(which has no active management for conservation, and sees continuing habitat loss).


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glanduliferoides Endemic fauna of Haiti Amphibians of Haiti Amphibians described in 1936 Taxa named by Benjamin Shreve Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Eleutherodactylus-stub