List of amphibians of Haiti

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

Common name Scientific nameauthority Preferred habitat Native range Status (IUCN) w/ population trend Family Bufonidae: True toadsEastern crested toadBufo 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 DecreasingSouthern crested toadBufo 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 DecreasingCane toadBufo 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 forestsNorth America to South America Increasing Family Eleutherodactylidae: FrogsAbbott's robber frogEleutherodactylus abbottiCochran, 1923Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.Haiti to the Dominican Republic StableBarahona rock frogEleutherodactylus alcoaeSchwartz, 1971Subtropical or tropical dry forests, rocky areas, and caves.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingMozart's frogEleutherodactylus amadeusHedges, Thomas & Franz, 1987Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti DecreasingTiburon burrowing frogEleutherodactylus aporostegusSchwartz, 1965Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownApostates robber frogEleutherodactylus apostatesSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti Trend unknownBaoruco hammer frogEleutherodactylus armstrongiNoble & Hassler, 1933Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingSouth Island telegraph frogEleutherodactylus audantiCochran, 1934Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingLa Hotte bush frogEleutherodactylus bakeriCochran, 1935Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.HaitiEleutherodactylus bothroboansSchwartz, 1965Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownShort-nosed green frogEleutherodactylus brevirostrisShreve, 1936Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus caribeHedges and Thomas, 1992Subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.Haiti Trend unknownFalse green robber frogEleutherodactylus chlorophenaxSchwartz, 1976Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.Haiti DecreasingCaye Paul robber frogEleutherodactylus coronaHedges and Thomas, 1992Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus counouspeusSchwartz, 1964Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus darlingtoniCochran, 1935Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownPatternless whistling frogEleutherodactylus diplasiusSchwartz, 1973Lowland and montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownHispaniolan ventriloquial frogEleutherodactylus dolomedesHedges and Thomas, 1992Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus eunasterSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownKhaki bromeliad frogEleutherodactylus fowleriSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingLa Selle red-legged frogEleutherodactylus furcyensisShreve and Williams, 1963Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknownLa Hotte glanded frogEleutherodactylus glanduliferCochran, 1935Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and intermittent rivers.Haiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus glanduliferoidesShreve, 1936Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti DecreasingSouthwest Haiti robber frogEleutherodactylus glaphycompusSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.Haiti DecreasingGraham's robber frogEleutherodactylus grahamiSchwartz, 1979Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rocky areas.Haiti DecreasingHalf-stripe bromeliad frogEleutherodactylus heminotaNoble & Hassler, 1933Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingBaoruco burrowing frogEleutherodactylus hypostenorSchwartz, 1965Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingDiquini robber frogEleutherodactylus 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 DecreasingLa Selle dusky frogEleutherodactylus jugans(Cochran, 1937)Subtropical or tropical moist montane forestsHaiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingCastillon robber frogEleutherodactylus lamprotesSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti DecreasingSouthern pastel frogEleutherodactylus leonceiShreve and Williams, 1963Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknownEleutherodactylus limbensisLynn, 1958Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownSt. Nicholas robber frogEleutherodactylus lucioiSchwartz, 1980Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rocky areas.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus melatrigonumSchwartz, 1966Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownSpiny giant frogEleutherodactylus nortoniSchwartz, 1976Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests or montanes, and caves.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingNeiba telegraph frogEleutherodactylus notidodesSchwartz, 1966Upland closed-canopy forest and forest edge, under rocks and debris.Haiti DecreasingRednose robber frogEleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus(Dumeril and Bibron, 1841)Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknownCoastal red-rumped frogEleutherodactylus paraliusSchwartz, 1976Mesic habitats, such as plantations, woods, gardens, ravines and trash piles in urban areas.Haiti StableCasillon robber frogEleutherodactylus parapelatesHedges and Thomas, 1987Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus paulsoniSchwartz, 1964Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, and caves.Haiti DecreasingHispaniolan yellow-mottled frogEleutherodactylus pictissimusCochran, 1935Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingEleutherodactylus pooleiCochran, 1938Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknownRhodes' robber frogEleutherodactylus rhodesiSchwartz, 1980Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and arable land.Haiti Trend unknownRuth's robber frogEleutherodactylus ruthaeNoble, 1923Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingSchmidt's robber frogEleutherodactylus schmidtiNoble, 1923Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti to the Dominican Republic DecreasingSud robber frogEleutherodactylus sciagraphusSchwartz, 1973Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownFoothill robber frogEleutherodactylus semipalmatusShreve, 1936Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti DecreasingEleutherodactylus sommeriSchwartz, 1977Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownMorne Macay robber frogEleutherodactylus thorectesHedges, 1988Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus tychathrousSchwartz, 1965Data deficientHaiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus ventrilineatus(Shreve, 1936)Haiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus warreniSchwartz, 1976Haiti Trend unknownEleutherodactylus weinlandiBarbour, 1914Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknownEleutherodactylus wetmoreiCochran, 1932Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknown Family Hylidae: Tree frogs and alliesHispaniolan giant tree frogOsteopilus vastus(Cope, 1871)Haiti to the Dominican Republic Trend unknown Family Ranidae: True frogsAmerican bullfrog Rana catesbeianas(Shaw, 1802)North America. Introduced in many other countries worldwide, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Increasing

See also List of amphibians of Hispaniola

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