Order Anura Higher classification Bromeliohyla | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Bromeliohyla dendroscarta Rank Species | |
Similar Frog, Charadrahyla, Puebla frog | ||
The greater bromeliad tree frog (Bromeliohyla dendroscarta) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to the mountains of central Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, Mexico.
Habitat and conservation
Bromeliohyla dendroscarta inhabits cloud forests where it breeds and takes refuge in bromeliads.
This species has never been common, but it seems to have dramatically declined and has not been recorded since 1974, despite surveys, and might now be extinct. However, an unidentified hylid frog was heard calling from bromeliads high in trees in 2007 at one historic location of this species; this frog may have been Bromeliohyla dendroscarta. While habitat loss may have contributed to the decline of this species, the main reason probably was chytridiomycosis.
References
Greater bromeliad tree frog Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA