| Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Smilisca |
| Species: | S. cyanosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Smilisca cyanosticta (Smith, 1953) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyla phaeota cyanosticta Smith, 1953 |
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The blue-spotted Mexican tree frog, Smilisca cyanosticta, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found on the Atlantic slopes of southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, between Jalapa de Díaz in Mexico and Sierra del Mico in Guatemala.[1][2] Its natural habitats are humid mid-altitude and montane forests, and it can also occur in secondary forest. Breeding takes place in temporary pools and streams and in depressions in logs that fill up with water. It is threatened by habitat loss and, potentially, chytridiomycosis.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Santos-Barrera, G., Lee, J., Acevedo, M. & Walker, P. (2010). "Smilisca cyanosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Smilisca cyanosticta (Smith, 1953)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 August 2015.