The Mixteca cloud-forest tree frog (Charadrahyla sakbah) is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality: 1390 meters above sea level in the western Sierra Madre del Sur, in Oaxaca.[2][3][1]

Charadrahyla sakbah
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Charadrahyla
Species:
C. sakbah
Binomial name
Charadrahyla sakbah
Jiménez-Arcos, Calzada-Arciniega, Alfaro-Juantorena, Vázquez-Reyes, Blair & Parra-Olea, 2019

The adult male frog measures 81.15–85.75 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 67.91–73.21 mm. Its large size distinguishes it from other members of the genus. They have hypertrophied webbed skin between their toes. Only frogs from this part of the world have webbing of this kind.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Mixteca Cloud-forest Treefrog: Charadrahyla sakbah". 3.1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T149679965A149679980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T149679965A149679980.en. S2CID 241724257. 149679965. Retrieved February 5, 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Charadrahyla esperancensis Jiménez-Arcos, Calzada-Arciniega, Alfaro-Juantorena, Vázquez-Reyes, Blair, and Parra-Olea, 2019". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Charadrahyla sakbah: Mixteca Cloud-forest Treefrog, Rana arborícola de la Mixteca". Amphibiaweb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ^ VÍctor H JimÉnez-Arcos; Rafael Alejandro Calzada-Arciniega; Liz A Alfaro-Juantorena; Leopoldo D VÁzquez-Reyes; Christopher Blair; Gabriela Parra-Olea (February 11, 2019). "A new species of Charadrahyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the cloud forest of western Oaxaca, Mexico". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4554 (2): 371–385. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.3. PMID 30790971. S2CID 73480077. Retrieved June 20, 2022.