Plectrohyla tecunumani

species of amphibian

The cave spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla tecunumani) is a frog that lives in Guatemala. Scientists have only seen it three times. It lives very high above sea level. Scientists saw it in the Sierra de Cuchumatanes in western Guatemala at 3200 to 3395 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Plectrohyla tecunumani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species:
P. tecunumani
Binomial name
Plectrohyla tecunumani
(Duellman and Campbell, 1984)
Synonyms[3]
  • Plectrohyla tecunumani (Duellman and Campbell, 1984)
  • Hyla tecunumani (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Plectrohyla tecunumani". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cave Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla teuchestes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55886A54363857. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55886A54363857.en. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Plectrohyla teuchestes Duellman and Campbell, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 14, 2021.