Wright's mountain tree frog
species of amphibian
The Sonora tree frog, Sonoran tree toad, Arizona tree frog, Baird's Mexican hyla, Wright's mountain tree frog or Wright's tree frog (Dryophytes wrightorum) is a frog that lives in the United States and Mexico. It lives in a few different places in New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. All the places where the frog lives are more than 2000 meters above sea level.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dryophytes |
| Species: | D. wrightorum
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| Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939)
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- For another frog called the Sonoran tree toad, see Dryophytes arenicolor.
- For another frog called the Arizona tree frog, see Dryophytes arenicolor and Dryophytes eximius.
- For another frog called the mountain tree frog, see Dryophytes eximius.
The adult frog is 1.9 to 5.1 cm long from nose to rear end. It is bright green with a dark line running from each side of its nose down its body and brown spots. Its belly is orange.[1]
This frog lives near ponds and streams where the water does not move quickly.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jacobo Conde; Gordon Lau (June 24, 2011). "Hyla wrightorum: Arizona Treefrog, Wright's Mountain Tree Frog: Subgenus: Dryophytes". Amphibiaweb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Wright's Mountain Treefrog: Dryophytes wrightorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55696A53959260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T55696A53959260.en. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
