Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog imported from iNaturalist photo 53535 on 21 April 2022.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2022 |title=Eleutherodactylus pictissimus |volume=2022 |page=e.T56858A3051629|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56858/3051629 |access-date=1 August 2022}}

| taxon = Eleutherodactylus pictissimus

| authority = Cochran, 1935

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The Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog or painted robber frog (Eleutherodactylus pictissimus) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to Hispaniola and found in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-pictissimus |title=Eleutherodactylus pictissimus Cochran, 1935 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=25 October 2014}} Its natural habitats are dry scrub forest, mesic broadleaf forest, and secondary forest. It is a terrestrial frog that lays its eggs on the ground. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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