Jamaican Snoring Tree Frog

 

Scientific Name: Osteiopilus crucialis Status: Endangered Range: Central Jamaica

 

Range & Habitat

The Jamaican Snoring Treefrog is an endemic treefrog to Central Jamaica. It can be found in moist broadleaf woods in bromeliads and on tree trunks. Bromeliads are where treefrogs lay their eggs and where tadpoles develop. Bromeliads along with tree trunks are used by male frogs as calling sites.

 

conservation status

The Jamaican Snoring Tree frog is listed as Endangered according to the IUCN Red List.

Threats

The Jamaican Snoring Treefrog is threatened by habitat degradation and deforestation.

The Jamaican Snoring Tree Frog lives in the Cockpit Country. The main concern for the area are disturbances observed at the boundary of the forest. Many sites in the forest are completely cleared for agricultural purposes or agricultural crops were integrated into the forest system.

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 another 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.

 
 

Source

Blair Hedges, Susan Koenig, Byron Wilson. 2004. Osteopilus crucialis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55807A11366434.http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55807A11366434.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2018.

Windsor Research Centre .2016. “Eastern Cockpit country Litchfield Mtn - Matheson’s Run KBA” Accessed March 21, 2017