Ptychohyla | |
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Ptychohyla salvadorensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944 |
Species | |
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Ptychohyla is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae.[1][2] These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and Central America to western Panama.[1]
Ptychohyla has a pale pink iris and nuptial outgrowth in breeding males that differentiates this new species from other Mexican frog groups.[3] This new species usually live in untouched tropical forest. They are known to be vulnerable in modified habitat by humans.[3]
The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychohyla:[1]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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P. dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000) | Phantom treefrog |
P. euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928) | Cloud forest stream frog |
P. hypomykter (McCranie and Wilson, 1993) | Copan stream frog |
P. legleri (Taylor, 1958) | Legler's stream frog |
P. leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934) | Schultze's stream frog |
P. macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957) | Pine forest stream frog |
P. salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952) | Salvador stream frog |
P. zophodes (Campbell and Duellman, 2000) | Gloomy Mountain stream frog |