Green Bromeliad Tree Frog
Scientific Name: Osteopilus wilderi Other Common Names: Jamaican Yellow Treefrog Status: Endangered Range: Central Jamaica
Range & Habitat
The Green Bromeliad Treefrog is an endemic treefrog restricted to central area of the island. The tree frog can be found in bromeliads on land or in trees in closed canopy forests.
The green bromeliad tree frog lays its eggs in bromeliads and it is also where tadpole development occurs.
Conservation status
The Green Bromeliad Tree frog is listed as Endangered according to the IUCN Red List.
Threats
Habitat loss is a major threat to many frog species in the Cockpit Country. Agriculture, increase in human population, mining and logging are all factors which lead to the loss of habitat.
These practices change the environmental conditions of the edge habitat which can alter conditions of the interior habitat of the forest.
Land clearing and burning results in a great loss of plant species as well as the animals which they host. Bauxite mining is also a major threat to the biodiversity of native species especially in areas of Litchfield Mountain-Matheson’s run, the second ranked key biodiversity area in the entire Caribbean.