Bromeliohyla dendroscarta Taylor, 1940:45
Greater bromeliad treefrog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hyla dendroscarta Taylor, 1940:45
Conservation Status
Last record: 1974
Rediscovered in 2011 or 2012
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Veracruz (central) and Oaxaca (northern), Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: USNM 108679 (Smith & Taylor, 1948:89)
Type locality: "Cuautlapan, Veracruz, Mexico" (Smith & Taylor, 1948:89)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Taylor, E. H. (1940). Two new anuran amphibians from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 89: 43-47.
Other references:
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Duellman, W. E. 1970. The Hylid Frogs of Middle America. 2 Volumes. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Number 1. Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
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García-Bañuelos, Paulina, Aguilar-López, José Luis, Pineda, Eduardo and García-Vinalay, Arístides. (2017). Rediscovery of Bromeliohyla dendroscarta at the type locality: a threatened treefrog surviving in a highly human modified landscape in Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 684-688.
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Smith, Hobart M. and Taylor, Edward H. (1948). An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Amphibia of Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 194: iv + 118 pp.
Vásquez-Cruz, Víctor et al. (2019). Distributional and natural history notes for Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Anura: Hylidae) in Veracruz, Mexico. Phyllomedusa 18(1): 27-36.