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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataAmphibiaAnuraEleutherodactylidaeEleutherodactylus

Greenhouse Frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Eleutherodactylidae
Genus Eleutherodactylus
Species Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida
Alachua, Citrus, Levy, Marion

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2021.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNA

Subnational ranks

Florida
SNA Not Applicable
Texas
SNA Not Applicable
Louisiana
SNA Not Applicable
Georgia
SNA Not Applicable
Mississippi
SNA Not Applicable
Hawaii
SNA Not Applicable
Alabama
SNA Not Applicable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
  • Mays, J. 2018. Inventory of Florida's cave fauna with a focus on terrestrial invertebrate species. Progress Report for Florida Park Service. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9 pp.
  • Morris, T. & Butt, P.L. 1996. Status and distribution of the Florida Cave Shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi) and other species in Herzog Cave, Alachua County, FL.; May, 1996 survey. Report prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Karst Environmental Services, Inc., High Springs, Florida, USA. 15 pp.

How to cite this account

Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2421. https://cavebiology.org/species/eleutherodactylus-planirostris/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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