Eleutherodactylus amadeus Eleutherodactylus amadeus Eleutherodactylus amadeus, commonly known as Mozart's frog or Haitian robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte, southwestern Haiti. After not having been seen after 1991, the species was reported again in 2011. "Eleutherodactylus amadeus" is named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "for the remarkable resemblance of the wide-band audiospectrogram of this species to musical notes." Males measure on average and females in snout–vent length. The maximum length is . The dorsum is smooth. The dorsal pattern is variable; the most common patterns are reverse
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed Mozart's operas while playing in the court orchestra at Bonn, and traveled to Vienna in 1787 hoping to study with the older composer. Some of have direct models in comparable works by Mozart, and he wrote cadenzas (WoO 58) to Mozart's D minor piano concerto K. 466. For further details see Mozart and Beethoven. Composers have paid homage to Mozart by writing sets of variations on his themes. Beethoven wrote four such sets (Op. 66, WoO 28, WoO 40, WoO 46). Others include Fernando Sor's Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart (1821), Mikhail Glinka's Variations on a