Craugastor laticeps

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Craugastor laticeps

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Craugastor
Species:
C. laticeps
Binomial name
Craugastor laticeps
(Duméril, 1853)
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus laticeps (Duméril, 1853)
Eleutherodactylus stantoni Schmidt, 1941
Eleutherodactylus werleri Lynch and Fritts, 1965

Craugastor laticeps (common name: broad-headed rainfrog, and many variations) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico.[2]

Craugastor laticeps occurs in leaf-litter in lowland and premontane

habitat loss.[1]

Reproduction

Craugastor laticeps might be unique among craugastorid frogs (which normally have direct development[3]): one observation suggests that the species is ovoviviparous, ovipositing eggs with fully developed young almost ready to hatch. The female frog in question was 66 mm (2.6 in) in snout–vent length and laid 44 eggs, and the hatching or newly hatched froglets were about 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in) in snout–vent length.[4]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T143827978A53964706.en
    . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Craugastor laticeps (Duméril, 1853)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1
    .
  4. ^ McCranie, J.R.; M.H. Wake; L. Valdés Orellana (2013). "Craugastor laticeps. Possible ovoviviparity". Herpetological Review. 44 (4): 653–654.
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