Sarcohyla mykter

species of amphibian

The keelsnout tree frog or keel-snouted tree frog[2] (Sarcohyla mykter) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have seen it in cloud forests between 1985 and 2520 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Sarcohyla mykter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sarcohyla
Species:
S. mykter
Binomial name
Sarcohyla mykter
(Adler and Dennis, 1972)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla cembra (Adler and Dennis, 1972)
  • Plectrohyla cembra (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)
  • Sarcohyla cembra (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The adult male frog is no longer than 40.1 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is no longer than 50.9 mm long from nose to rear end. Its head and body are yellow-green and its legs are yellow-brown. Its entire body is covered in black marks and spots.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2006). "Sarcohyla mykter". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Keel-snouted Treefrog: Sarcohyla mykter". 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55573A53956385. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55573A53956385.en. S2CID 241466874. Retrieved November 29, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Sarcohyla mykter (Adler and Dennis, 1972)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 27, 2021.