Legler's stream frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Legler's stream frog

| image =

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Ptychohyla legleri |volume=2020 |page=e.T55912A130983840 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55912A130983840.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ptychohyla legleri

| authority = (Taylor, 1958)

| synonyms =

}}

File:Duellmanohyla_legleri.jpg

Legler's stream frog (Ptychohyla legleri) is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is named after John M. Legler, a herpetologist at the University of Kansas.{{citation|title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians|first1=Bo|last1=Beolens|first2=Michael|last2=Watkins|first3=Michael|last3=Grayson|publisher=Pelagic Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9781907807442|page=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122}}

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