The Jamaican laughing frog (Osteopilus ocellatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.[1] Other common names include Savanna-la-Mar treefrog.[2]
| Jamaican laughing frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteopilus |
| Species: | O. ocellatus
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| Osteopilus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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This is a common species in most parts of Jamaica, where it occurs in a variety of habitat types, including developed but rural areas.
It is associated with bromeliads as It sometimes lays its eggs inside these plants and the tadpoles develop there.[1] It does this in regions of Jamaica where the porous limestone substrate prevents reliable above-ground water storage. On other parts of the island the frog will brood in streams or pools of water.[4]
Taxonomic studies determined that the binomial names Rana ocellata and Osteopilus brunneus belong to this species as synonyms, and distinguished this taxon from the mainly South American species Leptodactylus latrans.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T55806A172794433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55806A172794433.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Osteopilus ocellatus. Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ a b Lavilla, E. O., et al. 2010. The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Goss, 1851) (Hylidae). Zootaxa 2346: 1-16.
- ^ "AMPHIBIAN CHECKLIST Class Amphibia Order Anura (aka Frogs & Toads)". Windsor Research Centre. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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