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Cloud forest tree frog

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Species of amphibian

Cloud forest tree frog
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Megastomatohyla
Species: M. nubicola
Binomial name
Megastomatohyla nubicola
(Duellman, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Hyla nubicola Duellman, 1964

The cloud forest tree frog (Megastomatohyla nubicola) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

William Edward Duellman [fr] described the species in 1964; he placed it in the genus Hyla. The specific name, nubicola, Latin for "sky-dwelling", refers to its habitat being a cloud forest. It was transferred to Megastomatohyla upon that genus's circumscription in 2005.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Megastomatohyla nubicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55579A160923179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55579A160923179.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel. "Megastomatohyla nubicola (Duellman, 1964)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. 6.0. New York: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. Duellman, William E. (1964). "Description of a New Species of Tree Frog from Veracruz, México". Herpetologica. 19 (4): 225–228. JSTOR 3890910.
  4. Faivovich, Julián; Haddad, Celio F. B.; Garcia, Paulo C. A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "Systematic Review of the Frog Family Hylidae, with Special Reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 294: 103–104. hdl:2246/462.

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Taxon identifiers
Megastomatohyla nubicola


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