''Eleutherodactylus schmidti'' is a species of
frog in the family
Eleutherodactylidae endemic to
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
, and found in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is sometimes referred to as the Schmidt's robber frog.
It is named in honour of
Karl Patterson Schmidt
Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was an American herpetologist.
Family
Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. George W. Schmidt was a German professor, who, at the time of Karl ...
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Habitat
Its natural habitat is mesic closed-canopy rainforest where it is usually found beside streams.
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss, and considered Critically Endangered or possibly extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
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References
schmidti
Endemic fauna of Hispaniola
Amphibians of the Dominican Republic
Frogs of Haiti
Amphibians described in 1923
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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