- Mount Tucutche tree frog
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Mount Tucutche tree frog Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hemiphractidae Genus: Flectonotus Species: F. fitzgeraldi Binomial name Flectonotus fitzgeraldi
(Parker, 1933)The Mount Tucutche tree frog (Flectonotus fitzgeraldi) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
This species is named after Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald who worked on Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s.
Source
- La Marca, E., Manzanilla, J. & Hardy, J. 2004. Flectonotus fitzgeraldi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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