Eleutherodactylus amadeus

Eleutherodactylus amadeus

Mozart's frog, Haitian robber frog

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Eleutherodactylus amadeus

Eleutherodactylus amadeus, also known as Mozart's frog or Haitian robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte, southwestern Haiti. After not having been seen after 1991, the species was reported again in 2011.

Animal name origin

Eleutherodactylus amadeus is named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "for the remarkable resemblance of the wide-band audiospectrogram of this species to musical notes."

Appearance

Males measure on average 18.7 mm (0.74 in) and females 23.4 mm (0.92 in) in snout–vent length. The maximum length is 25 mm (0.98 in). The dorsum is smooth. The dorsal pattern is variable; the most common patterns are reverse parentheses, unpatterned, and narrow middorsal stripe combined with long dorsolateral stripes.

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Mating Habits

Male advertisement call is a single four-note call, emitted from low herbaceous vegetation or from the ground. Similar two-note calls have been heard in late afternoon and early evening, although there is no certainty that they belong to this species. After darkness, only four-note calls are heard. Egg cluster have been found under objects on the ground. Clutch size is 11–12; egg clusters might contain eggs from more than one female. The development is direct (i.e., without free-living tadpole stage). The hatchlings measure 4.2–4.4 mm (0.17–0.17 in).

References

1. Eleutherodactylus amadeus Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutherodactylus_amadeus
2. Eleutherodactylus amadeus on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56409/11471744

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