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Blue spotted Mexican tree frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Smilisca

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Smilisca cyanosticta

Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog

Higher classification
  
Mexican burrowing tree frog

Similar
  
Mexican burrowing tree frog, Frog, Amphibians, Hylidae, Common Mexican tree frog

The blue-spotted Mexican tree frog, Smilisca cyanosticta, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found on the Atlantic slopes of southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, between Jalapa de Díaz in Mexico and Sierra del Mico in Guatemala. Its natural habitats are humid mid-altitude and montane forests, and it can also occur in secondary forest. Breeding takes place in temporary pools and streams and in depressions in logs that fill up with water. It is threatened by habitat loss and, potentially, chytridiomycosis.

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Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog Wikipedia