Craugastor

(Craugastor bocourti)

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Description

Craugastor bocourti (common name: Bocourt's robber frog) is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family.It is endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the Alta Verapaz Department and the Sierra de las Minas.It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt,a French zoologist and artist.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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Craugastoridae
Genus:Craugastor
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