Plectrohyla avia

The greater spikethumb frog (Plectrohyla avia) is a frog that lives in Mexico and Guatemala. Scientists have seen it in cloud forests between 1685 and 2200 meters above sea level on the Pacific Ocean side (west side) of the Sierra Madre mountains.[3][1]

Plectrohyla avia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species:
P. avia
Binomial name
Plectrohyla avia
(Stuart, 1952)
Synonyms[3]
  • Plectrohyla avia (Stuart, 1952)
  • Hyla avia (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

References

  1. "Plectrohyla avia". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Forest Spikethumb Frog: Plectrohyla avia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55871A53960006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55871A53960006.en. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. "Plectrohyla avia Stuart, 1952". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
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