New Species of the Plectrohyla Bistincta Group (Hylidae: Hylinae: Hylini) from Oaxaca, Mexico

• Published in: Journal of herpetology Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 304 - 309
• Main Authors: Meik, Jesse M, Smith, Eric N, Canseco-Márquez, Luis, Campbell, Jonathan A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: P.O. Box 58517, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, USA The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 01-09-2006; Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Subjects: Female animals; Fingers; Frogs; Head; Herpetology; Holotypes; Hylidae; Hylinae; Nasopharynx; New species; Plectrohyla; Skin; Stripes; SYSTEMATICS; Mexico; Mexico, Oaxaca
• ISSN: 0022-1511; 1937-2418
• DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[304:NSOTPB]2.0.CO;2

A new species of Plectrohyla is described from the Sierra de Miahuatlán in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It is known from a single adult female obtained from pine-oak forest at 2550 m. The new species is similar to Plectrohyla cembra in size, habitus, and in having a partially concealed tympanum but differs most notably in aspects of color pattern, hand morphology, head shape, and palatine features.