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List of amphibians of Haiti

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This is a list of amphibians found in Haiti. There are 58 amphibian species recorded in Haiti.

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!width="20%"| Common name

!width="20%"| Scientific name
authority

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!width="20%"| Native range

!width="20%"| Status (IUCN) w/ population trend

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|Eastern crested toad

|Bufo fractus
(Schwartz, 1972)

|Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Southern crested toad

|Bufo guentheri
(Cochran, 1941)

|Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Cane toad

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|Bufo marinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

|A nocturnal and terrestrial toad that inhabits humid areas with adequate cover, including cane fields, savannah, open forest, well watered yards and gardens. It also inhabits dry equatorial forests

|North America to South America

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|Abbott's robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus abbotti
Cochran, 1923

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Barahona rock frog

|Eleutherodactylus alcoae
Schwartz, 1971

|Subtropical or tropical dry forests, rocky areas, and caves.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Mozart's frog

|Eleutherodactylus amadeus
Hedges, Thomas & Franz, 1987

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Tiburon burrowing frog

|Eleutherodactylus aporostegus
Schwartz, 1965

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|Apostates robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus apostates
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

|Haiti

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|Baoruco hammer frog

|Eleutherodactylus armstrongi
Noble & Hassler, 1933

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|South Island telegraph frog

|Eleutherodactylus audanti
Cochran, 1934

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|La Hotte bush frog

|Eleutherodactylus bakeri
Cochran, 1935

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus bothroboans
Schwartz, 1965

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|Short-nosed green frog

|Eleutherodactylus brevirostris
Shreve, 1936

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus caribe
Hedges and Thomas, 1992

|Subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

|Haiti

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|False green robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax
Schwartz, 1976

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.

|Haiti

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|Caye Paul robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus corona
Hedges and Thomas, 1992

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus counouspeus
Schwartz, 1964

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni
Cochran, 1935

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Patternless whistling frog

|Eleutherodactylus diplasius
Schwartz, 1973

|Lowland and montane forests.{{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2013 |title=Eleutherodactylus diplasius |volume=2013 |page=e.T195008A2372689 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195008A2372689.en |access-date=9 January 2020}}

|Haiti

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|Hispaniolan ventriloquial frog

|Eleutherodactylus dolomedes
Hedges and Thomas, 1992

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus eunaster
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Khaki bromeliad frog

|Eleutherodactylus fowleri
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|La Selle red-legged frog

|Eleutherodactylus furcyensis
Shreve and Williams, 1963

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|La Hotte glanded frog

|Eleutherodactylus glandulifer
Cochran, 1935

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and intermittent rivers.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides
Shreve, 1936

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Southwest Haiti robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.

|Haiti

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|Graham's robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus grahami
Schwartz, 1979

|Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rocky areas.

|Haiti

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|Half-stripe bromeliad frog

|Eleutherodactylus heminota
Noble & Hassler, 1933

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Baoruco burrowing frog

|Eleutherodactylus hypostenor
Schwartz, 1965

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Diquini robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus inoptatus
(Barbour, 1914)

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|La Selle dusky frog

|Eleutherodactylus jugans
(Cochran, 1937)

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Castillon robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus lamprotes
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Southern pastel frog

|Eleutherodactylus leoncei
Shreve and Williams, 1963

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Eleutherodactylus limbensis
Lynn, 1958

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|St. Nicholas robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus lucioi
Schwartz, 1980

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rocky areas.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus melatrigonum
Schwartz, 1966

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|Spiny giant frog

|Eleutherodactylus nortoni
Schwartz, 1976

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests or montanes, and caves.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Neiba telegraph frog

|Eleutherodactylus notidodes
Schwartz, 1966

|Upland closed-canopy forest and forest edge, under rocks and debris.{{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2013 |title=Eleutherodactylus notidodes |volume=2013 |page=e.T195011A2372949 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195011A2372949.en |access-date=9 January 2020}}

|Haiti

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|Rednose robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus
(Dumeril and Bibron, 1841)

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Coastal red-rumped frog

|Eleutherodactylus paralius
Schwartz, 1976

|Mesic habitats, such as plantations, woods, gardens, ravines and trash piles in urban areas.{{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2013 |title=Eleutherodactylus paralius |volume=2013 |page=e.T195012A2373082 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195012A2373082.en |access-date=9 January 2020}}

|Haiti

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|Casillon robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus parapelates
Hedges and Thomas, 1987

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus paulsoni
Schwartz, 1964

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, and caves.

|Haiti

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|Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frog

|Eleutherodactylus pictissimus
Cochran, 1935

|Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Eleutherodactylus poolei
Cochran, 1938

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Rhodes' robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus rhodesi
Schwartz, 1980

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and arable land.

|Haiti

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|Ruth's robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus ruthae
Noble, 1923

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Schmidt's robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus schmidti
Noble, 1923

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Sud robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus
Schwartz, 1973

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Foothill robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus
Shreve, 1936

|Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus sommeri
Schwartz, 1977

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|Morne Macay robber frog

|Eleutherodactylus thorectes
Hedges, 1988

|Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus tychathrous
Schwartz, 1965

|Data deficient

|Haiti

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Data deficient

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|Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus
(Shreve, 1936)

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|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus warreni
Schwartz, 1976

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|Haiti

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|Eleutherodactylus weinlandi
Barbour, 1914

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|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Eleutherodactylus wetmorei
Cochran, 1932

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|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|Hispaniolan giant tree frog

|Osteopilus vastus
(Cope, 1871)

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|Haiti to the Dominican Republic

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|American bullfrog 100px

|Rana catesbeianas
(Shaw, 1802)

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|North America. Introduced in many other countries worldwide, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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See also

References

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  • {{cite web |author=AmphibiaWeb. Information on amphibian biology and conservation. |title=List of Amphibians in Haiti (database query web application) |year=2012 |publisher=AmphibiaWeb |location=Berkeley, California |url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_humans=like&rel-comments=like&rel-submittedby=like&query_src=aw_search_index&max=200&orderbyaw=Family&include_synonymies=No&where-scientific_name=&where-common_name=&where-subfamily=&where-family=any&where-ordr=any&where-isocc=Haiti&rel-species_account=matchboolean&where-species_account=&rel-declinecauses=equals&where-declinecauses=&rel-iucn=equals&where-iucn=&rel-cites=equals&where-cites=&where-submittedby= |format= |accessdate=2012-05-01 |language=}}

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