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Wikipedia / Ptychohyla

Ptychohyla is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae. These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and Central America to western Panama.

Ptychohyla has a pale pink iris and nuptial outgrowth in breeding males that differentiates this new species from other Mexican frog groups. This new species usually live in untouched tropical forest. They are known to be vulnerable in modified habitat by humans.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychohyla:

Binomial name and author

Common name

P. dendrophasma

Phantom treefrog

P. euthysanota

Cloud forest stream frog

P. hypomykter

Copan stream frog

P. legleri

Legler's stream frog

P. leonhardschultzei

Schultze's stream frog

P. macrotympanum

Pine forest stream frog

P. salvadorensis

Salvador stream frog

P. zophodes

Gloomy Mountain stream frog

References

  • (1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16: 191–197

  • [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: April 23, 2008).