Ceiba stream frog

Ceiba stream frog
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Atlantihyla
Species:	A. spinipollex
Binomial name
Atlantihyla spinipollex (K. P. Schmidt, 1936)
Synonyms [2]
Hyla spinipollex K. P. Schmidt, 1936 Ptychohyla spinipollex (K. P. Schmidt, 1936) Ptychohyla merazi Wilson and McCranie, 1989

The Ceiba stream frog (Atlantihyla spinipollex) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Honduras. ^{[1] [2]} Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

In 2020, a population of frogs believed to be the Ceiba stream frog was described as a new species, Atlantihyla melissa . This new species is a sister species to the Ceiba stream frog. ^[3]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Atlantihyla spinipollex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T55918A54365052. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55918A54365052.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Atlantihyla spinipollex (Schmidt, 1936)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. Townsend, Josiah H.; Herrera-B., Luis A.; Hofmann, Erich P.; Luque-Montess, Ileana R.; Ross, Ayla N.; Dudek Jr., Daniel; Krygeris, Catherine; Duchamp, Joseph E. & Wilson, Larry David (2020). "A critically endangered new species of polymorphic stream frog (Anura: Hylidae: Atlantihyla) from the montane rainforest of Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat, Honduras". Vertebrate Zoology. 70 (4): 731–756. doi:10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-12.