Pristimantis shrevei
| Pristimantis shrevei | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Pristimantis |
| Species: | P. shrevei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pristimantis shrevei (Schwartz, 1967) | |
| Synonyms | |
Pristimantis shrevei is a species of strabomantid frog that is native to the West Indies.
Etymology
The specific name, shrevei, is in honor of American herpetologist Benjamin Shreve.[1]
Geographic range
P. shrevei is endemic to Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles that is part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and pastureland.
Conservation status
P. shrevei is threatened by habitat loss.
Description
P. shrevei has a dark brown dorsal surface, with a light brown ventral surface. The rear of its legs is deep red.
Voice
Its call is a series of clicks, which it begins before sunset.
References
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2013. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. 262 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Pristimantis shrevei, p. 197).
Sources
- Frost, Darrel, Amphibian Species of the World 5.3 - Pristimantis shrevei, American Museum of Natural History, retrieved March 17, 2010
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, London: Macmillan Education Ltd., pp. 99–100, ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
- Hedges, B.; Powell, R. (2004), Pristimantis shrevei, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, retrieved 22 July 2007.
Further reading
- Kaiser H, Hardy JD Jr, Green DM. 1994. Taxonomic status of Caribbean and South American frogs currently ascribed to Eleutherodactylus urichi (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Copeia 1994: 780-796. (Eleutherodactylus shrevei).
- Schwartz A. 1967. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus in the Lesser Antilles. Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 24: 1-62. (Eleutherodactylus urichi shrevei, new subspecies, p. 13).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Eleutherodactylus urichi shrevei, p. 38).