Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae endemic to the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti. Its common name is Southwest Haiti robber frog. The specific name glaphycompus refers to its microhabitat, fissures and crevices in limestone rock.
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Jumping (saltation) can be distinguished from running, galloping, and other gaits where the entire body is temporarily airborne by the relatively l...
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starts withMales measure 16–19 mm (0.63–0.75 in) and females 24–29 mm (0.94–1.14 in) in snout–vent length. Dorsum is green on pale green/yellowish/greenish yellow background. Venter is pale yellowish to whitish; throat is variously stippled or mottled with gray to black.
Males can call from rock crevices both day and night. The call has been described as "somewhat like two ball-bearings clicking together but lacks the metallic quality and is explosive in nature."
