Schultze's stream frog

Schultze's stream frog (Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico. It is only known from the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca and Guerrero states.[2] Its natural habitats are pine-oak and cloud forests. It occurs in or on low vegetation along mountain streams. It is anuncommon species threatened by habitat loss from deforestation and the planting of coffee and other non-timber plantations. Also chytridiomycosis is suspected.[1]

Schultze's stream frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ptychohyla
Species:
P. leonhardschultzei
Binomial name
Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei
(Ahl, 1934)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl, 1934
  • Ptychohyla adipoventris Taylor, 1944
  • Hyla milleri Shannon, 1951
  • Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei Duellman, 1960
  • Ptychohyla leonardschultzei Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55913A53962124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55913A53962124.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 February 2015.


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