One of the frog species rediscovered in Haiti is the Macaya burrowing frog, scientific name Eleutherodactylus parapelates.
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- Mozart and ventriloquial frogs sound a note of hope and ... (iucn.org)
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- https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Eleutherodactylidae/Eleutherodactylinae/Eleutherodactylus/Eleutherodactylus-parapelates (amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org)
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