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Ptychohyla zophodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Ptychohyla

Higher classification
  
Ptychohyla

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Ptychohyla zophodes

Rank
  
Species

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Ptychohyla zophodes is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to the Atlantic slopes of northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Before being described as a new species in 2000, it was mixed with Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei. Its natural habitats are cloud forests and lower montane rainforests. It typically occurs in vegetation close to streams. It is threatened by habitat loss and chytridiomycosis.

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