Mount Tucuche tree frog
Species of amphibian
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The Mount Tucuche tree frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi) is a species of tree frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and the Paria Peninsula,[1][2] the La Cerbatana Mountains and the Campeare Mountains in Venezuela.[1] It is an arboreal species occurring in various microhabitats of humid montane forest such as the leaf bases of bromeliads and aroids and in bushes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] The species was formerly listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.[3][4]
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| Mount Tucuche tree frog | |
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| F. fitzgeraldi in Trinidad and Tobago | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus |
| Species: | F. fitzgeraldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1933) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gastrotheca fitzgeraldi Parker, 1934 | |
This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.[citation needed]
The male and female frogs are smaller than those of the F. pygmaeus species by approximately 25.5% and 26.6%, respectively.[5] As in F. pygmaeus, the tadpoles have beaks with only small amounts of keratin and there are no denticles. The tadpoles are not recorded as feeding[5] and hatch at an advanced stage of development.[1][5] Two to six eggs[1] are carried in a dorsal semi-enclosed pouch by females,[5] having been deposited there by the males.[1]
