First record of Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 (Anura, Hylidae) from Nicaragua

By

Señaris, Josefa Celsa
Sunyer, Javier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-6-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

721--727

Subjects

Amphibian , Central America , Distribution extension , Museum Collections , Spikethumb Frog , threatened genus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.721

 

Abstract

We confirm the presence of the genus Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 in Nicaragua and report the first records of Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 in the country based on three specimens collected in 1983 from the central mountain range of Matagalpa department. These specimens collected over 40 years ago are the southernmost records for the species and expand its geographic distribution by approximately 175 km southeast from its nearest recorded locality in Honduras.