Biology:Sarcohyla charadricola

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Sarcohyla charadricola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sarcohyla
Species:
S. charadricola
Binomial name
Sarcohyla charadricola
(Duellman, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Plectrohyla charadricola (Duellman, 1964)

Sarcohyla charadricola is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae.

It is endemic to Mexico, in the state of Hidalgo. Scientists have seen it in forests between 2000 and 2300 meters above sea level.[2][3]

This frog is classified as critically endangered and possibly extinct because of the extensive deforestation that has taken place in Mexico. They believe there are probably fewer than 50 adults alive as of the 2019 assessment. They presume that the frog would be vulnerable to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, though they have not observed even one infected frog—because they have observed no specimens of this species at all since 1961.[1]

These frogs live on bromeliad plants in pine and pine-oak forests, but lay eggs in streams and develop as tadpoles.[1]

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q917898 entry