Sarcohyla robertsorum

Sarcohyla robertsorum is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sarcohyla robertsorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sarcohyla
Species:
S. robertsorum
Binomial name
Sarcohyla robertsorum
(Taylor, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Hyla robertsorum Taylor, 1940
  • Plectrohyla robertsorum (Taylor, 1940)

The frog is named after H. Radclyffe Roberts and his wife Hazel Roberts, who collected the holotype.[2][3]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Sarcohyla robertsorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55629A53957729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55629A53957729.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Taylor, Edward H. (1939). "New Species of Mexican Anura". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin (published 1940). 26 (11): 393–396.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). "Roberts". The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter: Pelagic Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1.



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