Sarcohyla psarosema

The speckled tree frog (Sarcohyla psarosema) is a frog that lives in Mexico. Scientists have seen it in only one place: a cloud forest 2103 meters above sea level in the Sierra Mixes in Oaxaca.[3][1]

Sarcohyla psarosema
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sarcohyla
Species:
S. psarosema
Binomial name
Sarcohyla psarosema
(Campbell and Duellman, 2000)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla psarosema (Campbell and Duellman, 2000)
  • Plectrohyla psarosema (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)
  • Sarcohyla psarosema (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
For another species commonly known as the speckled treefrog, see Boana semiguttata

This frog is brown in color on the back, with white spots. The adult male frog is 31.4 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 37.3 cm long. The adult male frog has very muscular front legs.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2004). "Sarcohyla psarosema". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. Template:Cite IUCN
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sarcohyla psarosema (Campbell and Duellman, 2000)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 6, 2021.