FROG DISTRIBUTIONS
in
Catadupa Key Biodiversity Area

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CATADUPA FROG DISTRIBUTIONS
Checklist nomenclature follows Blair Hedges' CaribHerp website. Thanks also to Dr. Hedges for confirming the identification of Osteopilus marianae. Island distribution maps are from Schwartz and Henderson (1991). Click on "Catadupa Occurrence" maps to view larger image of each species' distribution and "Calling Vigor Index" created from acoustic monitoring surveys.				To see the locations of historic 1960s surveys and current survey locations, click on the map to enlarge.
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	ISLAND DISTRIBUTION	2014 CATADUPA OCCURRENCE (click on map to view larger)	COMMENTS
	Bufonidae
Cane Toad	Rhinella marina	Islandwide		This introduced invasive alien was present in the KBA but not systematically suveyed
	Hylidae
Jamaican Snoring Treefrog	Osteopilus crucialis			Throughout the KBA; common in forest
Jamaican Laughing Treefrog	Osteopilus ocellatus formerly O. brunneus			Throughout the KBA; very common in forest
Jamaican Yellow Treefrog	Osteopilus marianae			Detected almost only in the high rainfall, more mature forest of Central Catadupa
Jamaican Green Treefrog	Osteopilus wilderi			Throughout the KBA; fairly common in forest
	Eleutherodactylidae
Jamaican Rock Eleuth	Eleutherodactylus cundalli			Most common in the central, high rainfall region of the KBA; noticeably not detected in the south
Jamaican Earspot Frog	Eleutherodactylus fuscus			Throughout the KBA; commonly detected in the forest
Jamaican Forest Frog	Eleutherodactylus gossei			Throughout the KBA; most robust calling in the slightly drier south
Jamaican Pallid Frog	Eleutherodactylus grabhami			Throughout the KBA based on capture for chytrid sampling; not detected acoustically
Cockpit Frog	Eleutherodactylus griphus			Not detected acoustically but was reported as present during chytrid sampling; species identity not definitively confirmed. Re-survey required
Jamaican Bromeliad Frog	Eleutherodactylus jamaicensis			SPECIES NOT DETECTED ACOUSTICALLY NOR DURING CHYTRID SAMPLING: Alert raised for chytrid risk. Click for more info.
Lesser Antillean Frog	Eleutherodactylus johnstonei			This introduced invasive alien was present but not systematically suveyed
Jamaican Masked Frog	Eleutherodactylus luteolus			Throughout the KBA but not commonly detected acoustically
Jamaican Yellow-bellied Frog	Eleutherodactylus pantoni			Throughout the KBA, very common
Cuban Flathead Frog	Eleutherodactylus planirostris			This introduced invasive alien was present but not systematically suveyed

Calling Vigor Indices* - All Confirmed Species NOTE: The detection distance of each species is highly variable, ranging from > 100 m for Osteopilus crucialis to mere meters for Eleutherodactylus luteolus. This map should NOT be viewed as the relative abundance amongst species, but rather to compare the geographic patterns of EACH species and to highlight the numbers of species along the North-Central-South gradient. *Circles represent CVI scores from acoustic recordings; rectangle is for species which was not detected acoustically, but was handled for chytrid testing.

Acknowledgements:
Funding for Catadupa frog surveys and creation of distribution maps was provided by:

Hedges, S. B. 1987. Vocalization and habitat preference of the Jamaican treefrog, Hyla marianae (Anura, Hylidae). Carib. J. Sci. 23:380-384. http://www.hedgeslab.org/pubs/10.pdf

Hedges, S. B. 1999. Caribherp: Amphibians and reptiles of Caribbean Islands.www.caribherp.org on-line database. Date accessed: 1st December 2015.

Schwartz, A. and D.C. Fowler. 1973. The Anura of Jamaica:   A Progress Report. Study of the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands: No. 142, pp 50-142. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549921

Schwartz, A. and R. W. Henderson. 1991. Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, distributions, and natural history. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.

Ward, C. 2014. Industry threatening to eliminate endemic Jamaican frogs. FrogLog (Issue no. 109) vol. 22: 48-49.