Baoruco burrowing frog

The Baoruco burrowing frog (Eleutherodactylus hypostenor), or Cabral robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola where it lives on the Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti and eastward to the Baoruco Mountain Range, Dominican Republic.^[2] Its natural habitat is closed mesic broadleaf forest, but it can also occur at shade-grown coffee and cacao plantations. It is a burrowing species. Males call from constructed underground chambers; also the eggs are laid underground. threatened by habitat loss, even within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park.^[1]

Baoruco burrowing frog
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Eleutherodactylidae
Genus:	Eleutherodactylus
Species:	E. hypostenor
Binomial name
Eleutherodactylus hypostenor Schwartz, 1965
Synonyms
Pelorius hypostenor (Schwartz, 1965)