List of amphibians of Haiti explained

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

Common nameScientific name
authority
Preferred habitatNative rangeStatus (IUCN) w/ population trend
Family Bufonidae: True toads
Eastern 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

Decreasing

Southern 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

Decreasing

Cane 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: Frogs
Abbott's robber frogEleutherodactylus 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

Stable

Barahona rock frogEleutherodactylus alcoae
Schwartz, 1971
Subtropical or tropical dry forests, rocky areas, and caves.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Mozart's frogEleutherodactylus amadeus
Hedges, Thomas & Franz, 1987
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Decreasing

Tiburon burrowing frogEleutherodactylus aporostegus
Schwartz, 1965
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

Apostates robber frogEleutherodactylus apostates
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti

Trend unknown

Baoruco hammer frogEleutherodactylus armstrongi
Noble & Hassler, 1933
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

South Island telegraph frogEleutherodactylus audanti
Cochran, 1934
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

La Hotte bush frogEleutherodactylus bakeri
Cochran, 1935
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti
Eleutherodactylus bothroboans
Schwartz, 1965
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

Short-nosed green frogEleutherodactylus brevirostris
Shreve, 1936
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus caribe
Hedges and Thomas, 1992
Subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

False green robber frogEleutherodactylus chlorophenax
Schwartz, 1976
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.Haiti

Decreasing

Caye Paul robber frogEleutherodactylus corona
Hedges and Thomas, 1992
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus counouspeus
Schwartz, 1964
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni
Cochran, 1935
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

Patternless whistling frogEleutherodactylus diplasius
Schwartz, 1973
Lowland and montane forests.[1] Haiti

Trend unknown

Hispaniolan ventriloquial frogEleutherodactylus dolomedes
Hedges and Thomas, 1992
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus eunaster
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

Khaki bromeliad frogEleutherodactylus fowleri
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

La Selle red-legged frogEleutherodactylus furcyensis
Shreve and Williams, 1963
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

La Hotte glanded frogEleutherodactylus glandulifer
Cochran, 1935
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and intermittent rivers.Haiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides
Shreve, 1936
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Decreasing

Southwest Haiti robber frogEleutherodactylus glaphycompus
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rocky areas.Haiti

Decreasing

Graham's robber frogEleutherodactylus grahami
Schwartz, 1979
Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rocky areas.Haiti

Decreasing

Half-stripe bromeliad frogEleutherodactylus heminota
Noble & Hassler, 1933
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Baoruco burrowing frogEleutherodactylus hypostenor
Schwartz, 1965
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Diquini 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

Decreasing

La Selle dusky frogEleutherodactylus jugans
(Cochran, 1937)
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forestsHaiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Castillon robber frogEleutherodactylus lamprotes
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Decreasing

Southern pastel frogEleutherodactylus leoncei
Shreve and Williams, 1963
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus limbensis
Lynn, 1958
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

St. Nicholas robber frogEleutherodactylus lucioi
Schwartz, 1980
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rocky areas.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus melatrigonum
Schwartz, 1966
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

Spiny giant frogEleutherodactylus nortoni
Schwartz, 1976
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests or montanes, and caves.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Neiba telegraph frogEleutherodactylus notidodes
Schwartz, 1966
Upland closed-canopy forest and forest edge, under rocks and debris.[2] Haiti

Decreasing

Rednose 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 unknown

Coastal red-rumped frogEleutherodactylus paralius
Schwartz, 1976
Mesic habitats, such as plantations, woods, gardens, ravines and trash piles in urban areas.[3] Haiti

Stable

Casillon robber frogEleutherodactylus parapelates
Hedges and Thomas, 1987
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus paulsoni
Schwartz, 1964
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, and caves.Haiti

Decreasing

Hispaniolan yellow-mottled frogEleutherodactylus 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

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus poolei
Cochran, 1938
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

Rhodes' robber frogEleutherodactylus rhodesi
Schwartz, 1980
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and arable land.Haiti

Trend unknown

Ruth's robber frogEleutherodactylus ruthae
Noble, 1923
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Schmidt's robber frogEleutherodactylus schmidti
Noble, 1923
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Decreasing

Sud robber frogEleutherodactylus sciagraphus
Schwartz, 1973
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

Foothill robber frogEleutherodactylus semipalmatus
Shreve, 1936
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.Haiti

Decreasing

Eleutherodactylus sommeri
Schwartz, 1977
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

Morne Macay robber frogEleutherodactylus thorectes
Hedges, 1988
Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.Haiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus tychathrous
Schwartz, 1965
Data deficientHaiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus
(Shreve, 1936)
Haiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus warreni
Schwartz, 1976
Haiti

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus weinlandi
Barbour, 1914
Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

Eleutherodactylus wetmorei
Cochran, 1932
Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

Family Hylidae: Tree frogs and allies
Hispaniolan giant tree frogOsteopilus vastus
(Cope, 1871)
Haiti to the Dominican Republic

Trend unknown

Family Ranidae: True frogs
Rana catesbeianas
(Shaw, 1802)
North America. Introduced in many other countries worldwide, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Increasing

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . 2013 . Eleutherodactylus diplasius . 2013 . e.T195008A2372689 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195008A2372689.en . 9 January 2020.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . 2013 . Eleutherodactylus notidodes . 2013 . e.T195011A2372949 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195011A2372949.en . 9 January 2020.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . 2013 . Eleutherodactylus paralius . 2013 . e.T195012A2373082 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T195012A2373082.en . 9 January 2020.