The Los Bracitos tree frog (''Boana heilprini''), or Hispaniolan green treefrog, is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...

and found below

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. The species was named in honour of professor

Angelo Heilprin Angelo Heilprin (March 31, 1853 – July 17, 1907 in science, 1907) was an American geologist, paleontologist, natural history, naturalist, and explorer. He is mostly known for the part he took into the Peary expedition to Greenland of 1891–189 ...

who funded the expedition that this species was discovered on. Natural

habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

s of ''Boana heilprini'' are mountain streams associated with mesic broadleaf forests. It can also be found in various modified habitats, such as cacao and coffee plantations, pastures, crop agriculture areas, and areas with livestock or forestry activities. Nevertheless, it seems to require pockets of forest habitat to persist in a landscape. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease ...

associated with agricultural activities, logging and charcoaling, as well as mining and infrastructure development.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bracitos tree frog, Los Boana Endemic fauna of Hispaniola Amphibians of the Dominican Republic Amphibians of Haiti Amphibians described in 1923 Taxa named by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble Taxonomy articles created by Polbot