Eleutherodactylus pituinus

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Blair Hedges, Sixto Inchaustegui, Robert Powell |date=2004 |title=Eleutherodactylus pituinus |volume=2004 |page=e.T56863A11534341 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56863A11534341.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| parent = Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus)

| taxon = Eleutherodactylus pituinus

| authority = Schwartz, 1965

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Eleutherodactylus pituinus is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, at elevations of {{convert|1212|–|1770|m|abbr=on}} asl.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-pituinus |title=Eleutherodactylus pituinus Schwartz, 1965 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=8 July 2015}} Its natural habitats are upland pinewoods and forests. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and by disturbance from ecotourism. Also chytridiomycosis is a threat.

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