Spine-fingered tree frog
species of amphibian
The spine-fingered tree frog or spinefinger tree frog (Charadrahyla trux) is a frog that lives in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Mexico. This frog lives in cloud forests. Scientists have seen it between 1760 and 2415 meters above sea level.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Charadrahyla |
| Species: | C. trux
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| Binomial name | |
| Charadrahyla trux (Adler and Dennis, 1972)
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This frog has smooth skin on its back and rough skin on its belly and legs. It is pale brown in color with darker spots. There is some blue color on its middle. Its front feet have some webbing and its back feet have more webbing. The adult male frog has a pointed face and the adult female frog has a rounder one.[3]
References
change- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Spine-fingered Treefrog: Charadrahyla trux". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55681A169552635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55681A169552635.en. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Charadrahyla trux (Adler and Dennis, 1961)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Charadrahyla trux". Amphibiaweb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
