Eleutherodactylus orientalis, the Oriental robber frog or Baracoa dwarf frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the vicinity of El Yunque, Baracoa, in easternmost Cuba. Although locally common, it requires undisturbed moist forest and has a tiny range, making it critically endangered from habitat loss and degradation.

E. orientalis is relatively brightly marked in yellow and very small, females averaging in snout–to–vent length and males . It is part of a closely related Cuban group that contains five additional described species (E. cubanus, E. etheridgei, E. iberia, E. jaumei and E. limbatus) and at least one undescribed species; most of which are of tiny size, relatively brightly colored and possibly aposematic (at least E. iberia and E. orientalis have alkaloid toxins in their skin).

Eleutherodactylus orientalis

References

orientalis

Amphibians described in 1937

Endemic fauna of Cuba

Amphibians of Cuba

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Taxa named by Thomas Barbour

Taxa named by Benjamin Shreve

Eleutherodactylus orientalis