Sarcohyla pentheter
species of amphibian
The mourning tree frog (Sarcohyla pentheter) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have seen it pine-oak forests on the west side of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Oaxaca. People have seen it between 1,280 and 2,000 meters above sea level.[3][1]
| Sarcohyla pentheter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Sarcohyla |
| Species: | S. pentheter
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarcohyla pentheter (Adler, 1965)
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This frog lays eggs in streams.[2]
The fungal disease chytridiomycosis can kill this frog, and scientists think it has killed many but are not sure. Human beings also change the places where the frogs live for mining, logging, and to make small farms.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sarcohyla pentheter". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Sarcohyla pentheter". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T174249226A53957008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T174249226A53957008.en. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Sarcohyla pentheter (Adler, 1965)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
