Sarcohyla ameibothalame

species of amphibian

The Mixteca Alta tree frog (Sarcohyla ameibothalame) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have seen it in only two places: a pine and oak forest between 2455 and 2670 meters above sea level in the Sierra Mixes in Oaxaca.[3][1]

Sarcohyla ameibothalame
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sarcohyla
Species:
S. ameibothalame
Binomial name
Sarcohyla ameibothalame
(Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson, and Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla ameibothalame (Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson, and Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002)
  • Plectrohyla ameibothalame (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)
  • Sarcohyla ameibothalame (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

Scientists say this frog is in big danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place and because human beings cut down the forests where it lives to get wood to build with and make farms. Scientists think the fungal disease chytridiomycosis could also kill this frog.[2]

It lives in mountain forests with pine and oak trees. People have seen it on bromeliad plants. The tadpoles swim in streams.[2]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Sarcohyla ameibothalame". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Grasping Treefrog: Sarcohyla ameibothalame". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55387A53952438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55387A53952438.en. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Sarcohyla ameibothalame (Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson, and Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 6, 2021.