Plectrohyla dasypus
The Honduras spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla dasypus) is a frog that lives in Honduras. It lives in pine-oak forests. Scientists have seen it between 1410 and 1990 meters above sea level in the Sierra de Omoa mountains.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Plectrohyla |
| Species: | P. dasypus
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| Plectrohyla dasypus (McCranie and Wilson, 1981)
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Appearance
changeThe adult male frog is 31.5 to 44.0 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists can tell this frog apart from other frogs because it has spikes on its throat near its vocal slits. Its skin is bronze in color with black spots.[1]
Threats
changeThis frog is critically endangered. This means it could die out. One of the reasons it is endangered is that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis kills it. The fungus makes the tadpoles hatch with broken mouths. The frog is also endangered because human beings change the places it likes to live.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Samantha Morco (May 19, 2014). "Plectrohyla dasypus". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Honduras Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla dasypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55873A176955542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55873A176955542.en. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Plectrohyla dasypus (McCranie and Wilson, 1981)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
