Plectrohyla lacertosa

species of amphibian

The pop-eyed spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla lacertosa) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have only seen it in two places, both in the Sierra Madre mountains in Chiapas. They saw it 1000 to 2134 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Plectrohyla lacertosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species:
P. lacertosa
Binomial name
Plectrohyla lacertosa
(Bumzahem and Smith, 1954 )
Synonyms[3]
  • Plectrohyla lacertosa (Bumzahem and Smith, 1954)
  • Hyla lacertosa (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Plectrohyla lacertosa". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pop-Eyed Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla lacertosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55879A53960580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55879A53960580.en. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Plectrohyla lacertosa Bumzahem and Smith, 1954". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 11, 2021.