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Schmidt's mountain brook frog

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Schmidt's mountain brook frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Duellmanohyla
Species:
D. schmidtorum
Binomial name
Duellmanohyla schmidtorum
(Stuart [fr], 1954)
Synonyms

Ptychohyla schmidtorum Stuart, 1954

Schmidt's mountain brook frog (Duellmanohyla schmidtorum) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in southwestern Guatemala and southern Mexico in eastern Oaxaca and southwestern Chiapas.[1][2] It is named after Karl Patterson Schmidt, American herpetologist, and his brother Frank, who collected with him.[3]

The species' natural habitats are montane cloud forests,[1] elevations 1,300–2,200 m (4,300–7,200 ft) above sea level.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss caused by deforestation and infrastructure development, and possibly, chytridiomycosis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Duellmanohyla schmidtorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55312A53952074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55312A53952074.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Duellmanohyla schmidtorum (Stuart, 1954)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. ^ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins & Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
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