Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965) is a animal in the Craugastoridae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965)

Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965)

Craugastor yucatanensis, the Yucatan robber frog, is an endemic Yucatan Peninsula frog threatened by tourism-driven habitat loss.

Genus
Craugastor
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965)

Craugastor yucatanensis, also commonly called the Yucatan robber frog or Yucatan rainfrog, is a species of frog belonging to the family Craugastoridae. This species is endemic to the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It has a lifestyle that is both terrestrial and arboreal, and its natural habitats are tropical lowland semi-deciduous and deciduous forests. It is currently threatened by habitat loss resulting from tourism development.

Photo: (c) Daniel Durán Arceo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Durán Arceo · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Craugastoridae Craugastor

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