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.