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Saba, the smallest island in this ecoregion, is home to only one amphibian species (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) and only one endemic lizard (Anolis sabanus).
Guadeloupe 2009
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Although the Cordillera Oriental of Columbia is the least species-rich of the three Cordilleras in Columbia in terms of the frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus, new material collected by pesons from the Universidad Industrial de Santander in the last few years gives us evidence that this Cordillera harvours more Eleutherodactylus species than previously recognized.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Most of its endemic species are restricted to the forest of La Escalera including Colostetus parkerae, Stefania scalae, Cinax danae, Tepuihyla rodriguenzi, and Eleutherodactylus pulvinatus.
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It is a member of the Eleutherodactylus conspicillatus phenetic group.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The collections made in this area contain two new species of Eleutherodactylus.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The island's two native species of tree frogs, including the endemic Eleutherodactylus amplinympha, also occur in the park.
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Many other non-endemic genera are highly speciose; the frog genus Eleutherodactylus has more than 330 species, of which more than 250 are restricted to the hotspot.
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A new Eleutherodactylus species is described from the western flanks of the Cordillera Oriental in the Departamento de Santander.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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In total, more than 230 species of the amphibians present in this hotspot (just less than half) are threatened with extinction, particularly the salamanders in the genus Bolitoglossa and the frogs in the speciose genus Eleutherodactylus.
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More than 80 percent of all amphibians found in the Caribbean belong to the large genus Eleutherodactylus, forest frogs that lay eggs on land and hatch into miniature adults with no tadpole stage.
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