Pine forest stream frog

species of amphibian

Schultze's stream frog (Ptychohyla macrotympanum) is a frog. It lives in Mexico and Guatemala. People have seen this frog between 700 and 1700 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

Pine forest stream frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ptychohyla
Species:
P. macrotympanum
Binomial name
Ptychohyla macrotympanum
(Tanner, 1957)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla macrotympanum Tanner, 1957
  • Ptychohyla macrotympanum Duellman, 1961
  • Ptychohyla euthysanota macrotympanum Duellman, 1963
  • Ptychohyla macrotympanum Campbell and Smith, 1992

This frog lives in pine-oak forests with water in the air. It only lives in forests that are on mountains high above sea level. It lives in the Chiapan Highlands in Chiapas. It lives in the Sierra de Cuchumatanes in Guatemala. It lives in the Grijalva Basin, which is in Chiapas and in Guatemala.[1]

Until 1992, scientists thought this frog was the same species as Ptychohyla euthysanota.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ptychohyla macrotympanum ". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pine Forest Stream Frog: Ptychohyla macrotympanum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55914A54364415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55914A54364415.en. S2CID 240824247. 55914. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Ptychohyla macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 28, 2022.