Biology:Craugastor bocourti

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Craugastor bocourti
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Craugastor
Species:
C. bocourti
Binomial name
Craugastor bocourti
(Brocchi, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Hylodes bocourti
    Brocchi, 1877
  • Eleutherodactylus bocourti
    (Brocchi, 1877)

Craugastor bocourti (common name: Bocourt's robber frog) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. The species is endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the Sierra de las Minas in Alta Verapaz Department.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]: 25 

Habitat

The natural habitat of Craugaster bocourti is cloud forest, where it lives on the forest floor. It occurs at elevations of 1,300–1,700 m (4,300–5,600 ft) above sea level.[1]

Conservation status

Craugastor bocourti is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, wood extraction, and human settlement.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Craugastor bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T56468A54366464.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56468/54366464. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Craugastor bocourti (Brocchi, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Craugastoridae/Craugastorinae/Craugastor/Craugastor-bocourti. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25.  xiii + 244 pp.

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