IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 22(2):50–55 • JUN 2015 Rediscovery of the Eastern Crested Toad ( Peltophryne fracta), with Comments on Conservation, Vocalization, and Mating Behavior Miguel A. Landestoy T. and Robert Ortíz Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (hispanioland@gmail.com) Photographs by the senior author. 50 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY Copyright © 2015. Miguel A. Landestoy T. All rights reserved. WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNAL P eltophryne is a monophyletic genus of toads endemic to the West Indies (Pramuk 2006; Alonso et al. 2012). Three species are endemic to Hispaniola: The Southern Crested Toad (P. guentheri Cochran), which is widely distrib- uted throughout much of the western half of the island; the Hispaniolan Crestless Toad (P. fluviatica Schwartz), known from only two localities in the northwestern Dominican Republic; and the Eastern Crested Toad (P. fracta Schwartz; Fig. 1. Male Eastern Crested Toad (Peltophryne fracta) from Santana, 3 km W of Higüey, La Altagracia Province (MNHNSD 23.919).