Walker's tree frog

Walker's tree frog (Dryophytes walkeri) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitats are highlands of pine-oak forests and pine-fir forests. It is known to occur in Chiapas Mexico and in parts of Guatemala including the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes mountain range in the west, the plateaus of central Guatemala, and in southeastern Guatemala.[2][3] However, it is believed that its range is greater than what is currently known.[2] It breeds in temporary ponds, and is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Walker's tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. walkeri
Binomial name
Dryophytes walkeri
(Stuart, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Hyla walkeri Stuart, 1954

It is also found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dryophytes walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55691A53959105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55691A53959105.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Canseco-Márquez, Luis; Acevedo, Manuel; Muñoz Alonso, Antonio (2004). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  3. "Dryophytes walkeri (Stuart, 1954) | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.


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