Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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|genus = Eleutherodactylus

|species = michaelschmidi

|authority = Díaz, Cádiz & Navarro, 2007

|status=EN

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Luis M.Díaz |date=2008 |title=Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi |volume=2008 |page=e.T135753A4197152 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135753A4197152.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

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Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi, the Sierra Maestra blotched frog, is a species of frog endemic to Cuba.{{Cite web|url=http://www.conservationneeds.org/AssessmentResults.aspx?AssessmentID=727&SpeciesID=3807&CountryID=65|title=Amphibian Conservation Needs Assessments|website=www.conservationneeds.org|accessdate=2018-11-07}} It is also called robber frog{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkive.org/robber-frog/eleutherodactylus-michaelschmidi/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324071710/http://www.arkive.org/robber-frog/eleutherodactylus-michaelschmidi/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-03-24|title=Robber frog videos, photos and facts - Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi|website=Arkive|language=en-GB|accessdate=2018-11-07}} and rain frog.{{Cite web|url=https://mol.org/species/Eleutherodactylus_michaelschmidi|title=Map of Life - Species Maps|last=Malcyzk|first=Jeremy|website=mol.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}} It has been classified as endangered{{Cite web|url=https://macaulaylibrary.org/browse/taxa/eleutherodactylus-michaelschmidi|title=ML:Browse: Eleutherodactylus michaelschmidi|website=macaulaylibrary.org|access-date=2018-11-05}} on the IUCN Global Red List and as vulnerable on the IUCN National Red List for Cuba. It was last observed in 2007.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2KIfrs7xp0C&dq=1.%09Eleutherodactylus+michaelschmidi&pg=PA33|title=Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 1: Conservation Biology and the Wider Caribbean|last1=Hailey|first1=Adrian|last2=Wilson|first2=Byron|last3=Horrocks|first3=Julia|date=2011-04-07|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004183957|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.caribherp.org/index.php?il=Cuba&or=Anura&vw=y&dd=n&so=sound&mob=n|title=Caribherp - West Indian amphibians and reptiles|website=www.caribherp.org|access-date=2018-11-05}}

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