Eleutherodactylus melacara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamilia: Eleutherodactylinae
Genus: Eleutherodactylus
Subgenus: Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus)
Species: Eleutherodactylus melacara

Name

Eleutherodactylus melacara Hedges, Estrada & Thomas, 1992: 70

• Holotype: MNHNCU 252, adult ♂, collected by S. Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas on 9 August 1989.
• Type locality: “Estribo Turquino, 1-2 km N Pico Turquino, Santiago de Cuba Prov., Cuba, 1770 m”.

References

Primary references

• Hedges, S.B., Estrada, A.R. & Thomas, R. 1992. Three new species of Eleutherodactylus from eastern Cuba, with notes on vocalizations of other species (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Herpetological Monographs 6: 68–83. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Eleutherodactylus melacara  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T56754A50132027. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T56754A50132027.en. Accessed on 30 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Dark-faced Bromeliad Frog