Mount Tucuche tree frog explained

The Mount Tucuche tree frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi) is a species of tree frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Paria Peninsula, Venezuela.^[1] It is an arboreal species occurring in various microhabitats of humid montane forest: leaf bases of bromeliads and aroids, bushes. It is threatened by habitat loss. Furthermore, they are also listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.^[2]

This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.

The male and female frogs are smaller than the pygmaeus' 'species by approximately 25.7% and 26.6%.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2015 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 3 August 2015.
2. Auguste, R. J., & Hailey, A. (2018). Diversity and Species Composition of Amphibians of the Aripo Savannas Scientific Reserve, Trinidad, West Indies. Journal of Herpetology, 52(1), 86–93. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44843097
3. Duellman, W. E., & Gray, P. (1983). Developmental Biology and Systematics of the Egg-Brooding Hylid Frogs, Genera Flectonotus and Fritziana. Herpetologica, 39(4), 333–359. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3892530