Plectrohyla quecchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species: Plectrohyla quecchi

Name

Plectrohyla quecchi (Stuart, 1942)

Type locality: "Stream in Barranca Las Palmas about 2 km. north of Finca Los Alpes (43 km. east and slightly south of Cobán (straight line), Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Altitude, about 1015 meters".

Holotype: UMMZ 89086.

Synonyms

• Plectrohyla quecchi Stuart, 1942
• Hyla quecchi — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

References

• Stuart, 1942, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 455 : 1.
• Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005, Syst. Biol., 54: 25.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Plectrohyla quecchi . Accessed on 23 Apr 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plectrohyla quecchi  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 21 April 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Las Palmas Spikethumb Frog