Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog

The blue-spotted Mexican tree frog (Smilisca cyanosticta) is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae 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]

Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Smilisca
Species:
S. cyanosticta
Binomial name
Smilisca cyanosticta
(Smith, 1953)
Synonyms

Hyla phaeota cyanosticta Smith, 1953
Smilisca phaeota cyanosticta (Smith, 1953)

References

  1. Santos-Barrera, G.; Lee, J.; Acevedo, M. & Walker, P. (2010). "Smilisca cyanosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. 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.


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