Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis

Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species: P. miahuatlanensis
Binomial name
Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis
Meik, Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2006[2]

Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality near Candelaria Loxicha on the Sierra de Miahuatlán (part of Sierra Madre del Sur) in Oaxaca.[3] Its habitat is mesic pine-oak forest; a single female frog was found inactive between the leaves of an arboreal bromeliad.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ariadne Angulo (2008). "Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. Meik, J.M., Smith, E.M., Canseco-Márquez, L., & Campbell, J.A. "New species of the Plectrohyla bistincta group (Hylidae: Hylinae: Hylini) from Oaxaca, Mexico." Journal of Herpetology 40.3 (2006): 304-309.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis Meik, Smith, Canseco-Márquez, and Campbell, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 July 2015.


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