Greater bromeliad tree frog

Greater bromeliad tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Bromeliohyla
Species: B. dendroscarta
Binomial name
Bromeliohyla dendroscarta
(Taylor, 1940)
Synonyms

Hyla dendroscarta Taylor, 1940

The greater bromeliad tree frog (Bromeliohyla dendroscarta) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to the mountains of central Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, Mexico.[2]

Habitat and conservation

Bromeliohyla dendroscarta inhabits cloud forests where it breeds and takes refuge in bromeliads.[1]

This species has never been common, but it seems to have dramatically declined and has not been recorded since 1974, despite surveys, and might now be extinct.[1] However, an unidentified hylid frog was heard calling from bromeliads high in trees in 2007 at one historic location of this species; this frog may have been Bromeliohyla dendroscarta.[3] While habitat loss may have contributed to the decline of this species, the main reason probably was chytridiomycosis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Santos-Barrera, G. & Canseco-Márquez, L. (2004). "Bromeliohyla dendroscarta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Taylor, 1940)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. Delia, J. R. J.; Whitney, J. L.; Burkhardt, T. (2013). "Rediscovery of 'lost' treefrogs from the Oaxacan highlands of Mexico". Biodiversity and Conservation 22 (6–7): 1405–1414. doi:10.1007/s10531-013-0481-9.
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