Craugastor alfredi

Craugastor alfredi is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. Many populations are attracted to living in or near cave entrances, due to orthopterans and other food sources. They are categorized by having truncated digital pads on their two outer fingers and each fifth toe extends longer than the third. A subspecies of Craugastor alfredi was recently discovered in the Honduras called Craugastor cyanochthebius.

Craugastor alfredi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Craugastor
Species:
C. alfredi
Binomial name
Craugastor alfredi
(Boulenger, 1898)

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Craugastor alfredi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T56405A53963042. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  • Luria-Manzano, Ricardo; Ramirez-Bautista, Aurelio (2017). "Diet comparison between rainforest and cave populations of Craugastor alfredi (Anura: Craugastoridae): does diet vary in contrasting habitats?". Journal of Natural History. 51 (39–40): 2345–2354. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1366573.
  • McCranie, James R.; Smith, Eric N. (2006). "A New Species of Craugastor (Anura: Leptodactylidae) of the Alfredi Group From Western Honduras". Herpetologica. 74 (3): 183–190. doi:10.1655/05-22.1.


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