Plectrohyla ixil

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Plectrohyla ixil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species:
P. ixil
Binomial name
Plectrohyla ixil
(Stuart, 1942)
Synonyms[3]
  • Plectrohyla ixil (Duellman and Campbell, 1992)
  • Hyla ixil (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

The ixil spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla ixil) is a frog that lives in Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. Scientists have seen it between 1175 and 1690 meters above sea level in cloud forests in the Meseta Central (central tableland) in Chiapas.[3][1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Plectrohyla ixil". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Forest Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55878A53960440. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55878A53960440.en. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Plectrohyla ixil (Stuart, 1942)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 8, 2021.