Jamaican laughing frog

Jamaican laughing frog
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Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Osteopilus
Species:	O. ocellatus
Binomial name
	Osteopilus ocellatus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Hyla brunnea; Osteopilus brunneus; Rana ocellata; Trachycephalus scutigerus;

The Jamaican laughing frog (Osteopilus ocellatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.^[1] Other common names include Savanna-la-Mar treefrog.^[2]

This is a common species in most parts of Jamaica, where it occurs in a variety of habitat types, including developed but rural areas.

It is associated with bromeliads as It sometimes lays its eggs inside these plants and the tadpoles develop there.^[1] It does this in regions of Jamaica where the porous limestone substrate prevents reliable above-ground water storage. On other parts of the island the frog will brood in streams or pools of water.^[4]

Taxonomic studies determined that the binomial names Rana ocellata and Osteopilus brunneus belong to this species as synonyms, and distinguished this taxon from the mainly South American species Leptodactylus latrans.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T55806A172794433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55806A172794433.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Osteopilus ocellatus. Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.
^ ^a ^b Lavilla, E. O., et al. 2010. The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Goss, 1851) (Hylidae). Zootaxa 2346: 1-16.
^ "AMPHIBIAN CHECKLIST Class Amphibia Order Anura (aka Frogs & Toads)". Windsor Research Centre. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Osteopilus ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T55806A172794433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55806A172794433.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[asw-2] Osteopilus ocellatus. Amphibian Species of the World 6.0. American Museum of Natural History.

[lavilla-3] Lavilla, E. O., et al. 2010. The identification of Rana ocellata Linnaeus, 1758. Nomenclatural impact on the species currently known as Leptodactylus ocellatus (Leptodactylidae) and Osteopilus brunneus (Goss, 1851) (Hylidae). Zootaxa 2346: 1-16.

[4] "AMPHIBIAN CHECKLIST Class Amphibia Order Anura (aka Frogs & Toads)". Windsor Research Centre. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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