Plectrohyla teuchestes

{{short description|Species of frog}}

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| image = Plectrohyla teuchestes - 24668933425.jpg

| status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Plectrohyla teuchestes |volume=2020 |page=e.T55887A54364008 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55887A54364008.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| taxon = Plectrohyla teuchestes

| authority = {{Interlanguage link multi|William Edward Duellman|fr|lt=Duellman}} and Campbell, 1992

| synonyms = Hyla teuchestes (Duellman and Campbell, 1992)

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Plectrohyla teuchestes is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Guatemala and only known with certainty from its type locality on the southern slope of the Sierra de Xucaneb, in the Alta Verapaz Department. There is also a report from another locality in Alta Verapaz. Frogs from Honduras now known as Plectrohyla exquisita were formerly included in this species.

Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests where it lives near streams and waterfalls at about {{convert|1000|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Breeding takes place in streams. As of 2004, the only known location was facing habitat loss, and no specimens had been located, despite searches. Chytridiomycosis might also be a threat.

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Plectrohyla/Plectrohyla-teuchestes |title=Plectrohyla teuchestes Duellman and Campbell, 1992 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=19 June 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Plectrohyla/Plectrohyla-exquisita |title=Plectrohyla exquisita McCranie and Wilson, 1998 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=19 June 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://explorewithindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CONAP-Alta-Verapaz-2015-SP.pdf |title=La Herpetofauna de Finca Rubel Chaim, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala |author1=Rowland Griffin |author2=Adela Mei |year=2015 |publisher=Indigo Expeditions |accessdate=19 June 2016}}

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teuchestes

Category:Endemic fauna of Guatemala

Category:Amphibians of Guatemala

Category:Frogs of North America

Category:Critically endangered fauna of North America

Category:Amphibians described in 1992

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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