Leptodactylus fallax (1)🐸

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SpeciesAnuraLeptodactylidae
Amphibians

🐸Leptodactylus fallax

Leptodactylus fallax Müller, 1926

Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the mountain chicken or giant ditch frog, is a critically endangered species of frog that is native to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat. The population declined by at least 80% from 1995 to 2004, with further significant declines later. A tiny wild population remains on Dominica where there are efforts to preserve it, but few or none survive in the wild on Montserrat and its survival now relies on a captive breeding project involving several zoos. The initial decline was linked to hunting for human consumption, along with habitat loss and natural disasters, but the most serious threat now appears to be the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which was the primary cause of the most recent rapid decline. On Montserrat it is known as the mountain chicken, while on Dominica it is known as the crapaud, which simply means "toad" in French.

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Also called
Giant Ditch Frog, Mountain chicken, Mountain Chicken, Dominican white-lipped frog
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.

Population trendDecreasing
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Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.17 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.17 m
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

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