Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Hylinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | Family Hylidae Scientific name Plectrohyla Higher classification Hylidae Order Frog | |
Lower classifications Plectrohyla guatemalensis, Plectrohyla dasypus, Plectrohyla exquisita, Plectrohyla sagorum, Plectrohyla hartwegi |
Spikethumb frogs are a genus (Plectrohyla) of frogs in the Hylidae family found in Central America from southern Mexico through Guatemala and northern El Salvador to central and northern Honduras. A major revision of the Hylidae family moved an additional 21 species to this genus from the Hyla genus. They are called spikethumb because of the spike on their thumbs, which is called a prepollex. The genus name comes from the Greek word plēktron ("spur") and hyla (the genus in which it was formerly placed).
Species
This genus has 42 recognized species:
References
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