Specimen Information

Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
(Greenhouse Frog)
Amphibians-Frogs
Exotic

Specimen ID432
GroupAmphibians-Frogs
GenusEleutherodactylus
Speciesplanirostris
Common NameGreenhouse Frog
StateFL
CountyMonroe
LocalityKey West
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameFlorida Bay-Florida Keys
HUC8 Number03090203
HUC10 Number0309020303
Map
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Collection Year1863
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on plants
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:12132
Author:Neill, W.T.
Date:1951
Title:Florida's Air-plants and Their Inhabitants.
Journal:The Florida Naturalist
Volume:24
Issue:3
Pages:61-66
Reference 2
Ref. Number:19560
Author:Cope, E.D.
Date:1863
Title:On Trachycephalus, Scaphiopus, and Other American Batrachia.
Journal:Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Volume:15
Pages:43-54
Commentsthought to have been a stowaway on a lumber or produce ship from Cuba
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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