''Eleutherodactylus jaumei'' is a species of
frog
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in the family
Eleutherodactylidae
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. This
critically endangered
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species is
endemic
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to a tiny area in
Sierra Maestra
The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view i ...
in southeastern
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
, where it mostly lives in closed
mesic forest
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.
''E. jaumei'' is relatively brightly marked in yellow-orange and very small, up to in snout–to–
vent
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length. It is part of a closely related Cuban group that contains five additional described species (''
E. cubanus'', ''
E. etheridgei'', ''
E. iberia'', ''
E. limbatus'' and ''
E. orientalis'') and at least one
undescribed species; most of which are of tiny size, relatively brightly colored and possibly
aposematic
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(at least ''E. iberia'' and ''E. orientalis'' have
alkaloid
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Alkaloids are produced by a large varie ...
toxins in their skin).
References
jaumei
Endemic fauna of Cuba
Amphibians of Cuba
Amphibians described in 1997
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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