Cloud forest tree frog
| Cloud forest tree frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Megastomatohyla |
| Species: | M. nubicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Megastomatohyla nubicola (Duellman, 1964)
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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.[1]
William Edward Duellman 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.[3] It was transferred to Megastomatohyla upon that genus's circumscription in 2005.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Duellman, William E. (1964). "Description of a New Species of Tree Frog from Veracruz, México". Herpetologica. 19 (4): 225–228. JSTOR 3890910.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Megastomatohyla nubicola.
- "Holotype of Hyla nubicola". UMMZ Amphibian and Reptile Type Specimens. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
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