''Eleutherodactylus corona'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is

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to the

Massif de la Hotte The Massif de la Hotte is a mountain range in southwestern Haiti, on the Tiburon Peninsula. About 2.5 million years ago, Massif de la Hotte was separated from the Massif de la Selle by a deep, wide sea channel, and formed a separate island. This ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

. The specific name ''corona'' is derived from the Latin word for "crown" and refers to the distinctive tubercles on the top of the head of these frogs. Common name Caye Paul robber frog has been coined for it.

Description

Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length; adults weight about . The body is dorsoventrally flattened. The head is as wide as the body and has one or more distinct, subconical tubercles on its dorsal surface. The snout is subacuminate. The tympanum is round and of moderate size; the supratympanic fold is weakly defined. Dorsal skin is smooth to weakly areolate; the flanks are areolate and ventral skin is strongly areolate. All fingers and toes have lateral ridges and expanded tips but no webbing. The dorsal ground color is greenish-yellowish to greenish-tan, sometimes orange posteriorly. The upper eyelids are iridescent light greenish-blue. The

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is golden brown. There is a dark brown scapular chevron or W-shaped marking. The head is more heavily pigmented with dark brown spots than the body. Some individuals have light brown shank bars. The belly is metallic light green; the rest of the venter is yellowish-green.

Habitat and conservation

''Eleutherodactylus corona'' is known from a high-elevation

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. It is a very rare,

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species. Males

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from

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s or

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s. It is threatened by

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caused primarily by logging for charcoaling and slash-and-burn agriculture. While this species occurs in the

Pic Macaya National Park Pic Macaya National Park (french: Parc National Pic Macaya) is one of two national parks of the Republic of Haiti. It is located in the country's southern peninsula, within the Massif de la Hotte. Featuring the country's last stand of virgin cl ...

, there is no active management for conservation, and the habitat loss continues also in the park.

References

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Endemic fauna of Haiti Amphibians of Haiti Amphibians described in 1992 Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Taxa named by Richard Thomas (herpetologist) Taxonomy articles created by Polbot