Ptychohyla is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae. These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and Central America to western Panama.
Ptychohyla has a pale pink iris and nuptial outgrowth in breeding males that differentiates this new species from other Mexican frog groups. This new species usually live in untouched tropical forest. They are known to be vulnerable in modified habitat by humans.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychohyla: Binomial name and author Common name P. dendrophasma Phantom treefrog P. euthysanota Cloud forest stream frog P. hypomykter Copan stream frog P. legleri Legler's stream frog P. leonhardschultzei Schultze's stream frog P. macrotympanum Pine forest stream frog P. salvadorensis Salvador stream frog P. zophodes Gloomy Mountain stream frog
References
(1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16: 191–197
External links [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ptychohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: April 23, 2008).