Eleutherodactylus corona
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Eleutherodactylus corona faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited montane range. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized environmental changes, with deforestation for coffee cultivation and cattle ranching fragmenting its remaining forest habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the cool, humid conditions essential for this high-elevation endemic's survival.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and humid highland forests at elevations between 1,200-2,000 meters in the Caribbean mountains. It requires cool, moist microhabitats with dense vegetation cover, typically found in leaf litter and low vegetation of primary and secondary forest environments.