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Charadrahyla viruela Canseco-Márquez, Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, and Campbell, 2026
Charadrahyla viruela Canseco-Márquez, Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, and Campbell, 2026, Herpetozoa, Wien, 39: 53. Holotype: INIRENA 2950, by original designation. Type locality: "from Highway 175 between Vista Hermosa and La Esperanza, 1.9 km ENE of La Esperanza, Municipio de Santiago Comaltepec (17.6264, -96.3520; 1,589 m asl; datum = WGS84), Oaxaca, Mexico. ZooBank Publication registration: 4BF1A241-72FA-4268-869D-DD8C7490DD88
Common Names
Tuberculate Cloudforest Treefrog (original publication).
Ranita Verrugosa de Árbol de Bosque Mesófilo (Spanish: original publicaation).
Distribution
Moderate elevations on the northern slopes of the Sierra Juárez of northern Oaxaca, Mexico; this frog occurs at elevations between 600–1,725 m elevation and has been collected in lower montane rainforest and lower montane cloud forest.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Mexico
Endemic: Mexico
Comment
Confused with Charadrahyla nephila (its sister taxon) prior to its delimitation, according to the original publication, where adult and larval morphology, molecular markers, distribution, and natural history were detailed. The authors also provide a molecular tree of the genus based on three mtDNA genes.
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