Plectrohyla glandulosa (Boulenger, 1883)
Hyla glandulosa Boulenger, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 12: 164. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.20.40-41 (83.5.24.14-15) according to Condit, 1964, J. Ohio Herpetol. Soc., 4: 90; BMNH 1940.2.20.40 [in error for 1947.2.20.40, according to Duellman, 1977, Das Tierreich, 95: 166] designated lectotype by Duellman, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 456. Type locality: "Guatemala".
Plectrohyla cotzicensis Stuart, 1948, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61: 17. Holotype: UMMZ 95902, by original designation. Type locality: "Source of the Rio Cuilco on the slopes of Cerro Cotzic about 2 kilometers northwest of Ixchiguan, Departament of San Marcos, Guatemala. Elevation, about 3500 meters." Synonymy by Duellman, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 455.
Plectrohyla glandulosa — Duellman, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 455.
English Names
Forest Spikethumb Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 62).
Distribution
Widely distributed in fir forest, pine-cypress forest, and montane grasslands at elevation of 2400-3500 m in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and the central and southern highlands of Guatemala.
Comment
See account by Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas: 572-575, and note by Duellman, 2001, Hylid Frogs Middle Am., Ed. 2: 1061. See comment under Plectrohyla psiloderma. In the Plectrohyla guatemalensis group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 105. See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 270.
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