Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) Competition: Since its discovery Scinax x-signatus has continued its expansion and threatens through competition the 'near threatened' Eleutherodactylus martinicensis (see Eleutherodactylus martinicensis in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) which is endemic to Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica, and the 'endangered' Eleutherodactylus pinchoni and Eleutherodactylus barlagnei which are endemic to Basse Terre (see Eleutherodactylus pinchoni and Eleutherodactylus barlagnei in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species).
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