Cloud forest tree frog

Cloud forest tree frog
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Megastomatohyla
Species:	M. nubicola
Binomial name
	Megastomatohyla nubicola; (Duellman, 1964)
Synonyms[2]
	Hyla nubicola Duellman, 1964;

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

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Megastomatohyla nubicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T55579A53956602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T55579A53956602.en.
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

"Holotype of Hyla nubicola". UMMZ Amphibian and Reptile Type Specimens. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

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[IUCN-1] IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Megastomatohyla nubicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T55579A53956602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T55579A53956602.en.

[AMNH-2] 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,_1964-3] Duellman, William E. (1964). "Description of a New Species of Tree Frog from Veracruz, México". Herpetologica. 19 (4): 225–228. JSTOR 3890910.

[Faivovich_et_al.,_2005-4] 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.