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Jamaican laughing frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Osteopilus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Osteopilus brunneus

Higher classification
  
Osteopilus

Order
  
Frog

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Similar
  
Frog, Osteopilus, Jamaican snoring frog, Hispaniolan giant tree frog, Hispaniolan common tree frog

The Jamaican laughing frog or Savanna-la-Mar tree frog, Osteopilus brunneus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Jamaica.It is found mainly inland, and lives and lays eggs in the water contained within bromeliad leaves. O. brunneus is characterized by distinct tympanum about 70% of eye diameter, finger disc 2 rounded and smaller than discs on fingers 3, 4 and 5, and an SVL of approximately 50mm. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Jamaican laughing frog Wikipedia