Craugastor bocourti
Craugastor bocourti (common name: Bocourt's robber frog) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the Alta Verapaz Department and the Sierra de las Minas.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]
| Craugastor bocourti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Genus: | Craugastor |
| Species: | C. bocourti |
| Binomial name | |
| Craugastor bocourti (Brocchi, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hylodes bocourti Brocchi, 1877 | |
Its natural habitat 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. Craugastor bocourti is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture, wood extraction, and human settlement.[1]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Craugastor bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T56468A54366464.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Craugastor bocourti (Brocchi, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
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