Plectrohyla pycnochila

species of amphibian

The thicklip spikethumb frog or thick-lipped spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla pycnochila) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have seen it between 2000 and 2600 meters above sea level in pine-oak forests in Meseta Central (central tableland) in Chiapas.[3][1]

Plectrohyla pycnochila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species:
P. pycnochila
Binomial name
Plectrohyla pycnochila
(Rabb, 1959)
Synonyms[3]
  • Plectrohyla pycnochila (Rabb, 1959)
  • Hyla pycnochila (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Plectrohyla pycnochila". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Forest Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla pycnochila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55883A53960840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55883A53960840.en. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Plectrohyla pycnochila Rabb, 1959". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 8, 2021.