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| taxon = Eleutherodactylus audanti
| taxon = Eleutherodactylus audanti
| authority = [[Doris Mable Cochran|Cochran]], 1934
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'''South Island telegraph frog''' ('''''Eleutherodactylus audanti''''') is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Eleutherodactylidae]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Hispaniola]]. It occurs in the [[Massif de la Hotte]] and [[Massif de la Selle]], [[Haiti]], and in the [[Sierra de Baoruco]], the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-audanti |title=''Eleutherodactylus audanti'' Cochran, 1934 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=21 June 2015}}</ref>
'''South Island telegraph frog''' ('''''Eleutherodactylus audanti''''') is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Eleutherodactylidae]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Hispaniola]]. It occurs in the [[Massif de la Hotte]] and [[Massif de la Selle]], [[Haiti]], and in the [[Sierra de Baoruco]], the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-audanti |title=''Eleutherodactylus audanti'' Cochran, 1934 |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=21 June 2015}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 20:30, 13 April 2021

South Island telegraph frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Species:
E. audanti
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus audanti
Cochran, 1934
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus neodreptus Schwartz, 1965

South Island telegraph frog (Eleutherodactylus audanti) is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to Hispaniola. It occurs in the Massif de la Hotte and Massif de la Selle, Haiti, and in the Sierra de Baoruco, the Dominican Republic.[2]

Etymology

The specific name audanti honors Dr. André Audant, a Haitian entomologist who, together with Thomas Barbour, collected the holotype .[3]

Habitat and conservation

The species' natural habitats are upland closed-canopy forest and forest edges where it is found under rocks and debris. It is a moderately common species in suitable habitat but threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hedges, B.; Inchaustegui, S.; Hernandez, M.; Powell, R. (2004). "Eleutherodactylus audanti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56437A11477985. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Eleutherodactylus audanti Cochran, 1934". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ^ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.