Yellowbelly voiceless tree frog

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Yellowbelly voiceless tree frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Charadrahyla
Species:
C. altipotens
Binomial name
Charadrahyla altipotens
(Duellman, 1968) [2]

The yellowbelly voiceless tree frog (Charadrahyla altipotens) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico.

It inhabits the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur in southern Oaxaca, between 1,300 and 2,000 meters elevation. It is known from two subpopulations, one near San Agustín Loxicha and the other north of the San Gabriel Mixtepec. Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 2,240 km2, but may occur more widely than currently recorded. [1]

It prefers rocky streams with abundant vegetation in montane pine-oak forests and cloud forests. [1]

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Charadrahyla altipotens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55384A53952294. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55384A53952294.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Duellman, William E. (1968). "Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs from Mexico and Central America". University of Kansas Publications: Museum of Natural History. 17 (13): 572–575. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.7138 .