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Plectrohyla matudai Hartweg, 1941
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Plectrohyla matudai (common name: Matuda's spikethumb frog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found along the Pacific slopes from southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, through Chiapas and south-central Guatemala (Las Nubes range); also in the Grijalva Depression in western Guatemala and on Cerro Azul in northwestern Honduras.
Wikipedia contributors, Plectrohyla matudai; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:50:55.237476+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Plectrohyla matudai Hartweg, 1941
- Name authority
- Hartweg, 1941
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Plectrohyla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusPlectrohyla Brocchi, 1877
- speciesPlectrohyla matudai Hartweg, 1941
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Plectrohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Plectrohyla acanthodes Duellman & Campbell, 1992 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla hartwegi Duellman, 1968 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla lacertosa Bumzahem & Smith, 1954 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla psiloderma McCranie & Wilson, 1999 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla pycnochila Rabb, 1959 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla tecunumani Duellman & Campbell, 1984 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla ixil Stuart, 1942 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla calvata McCranie, 2017 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla catracha (Porras & Wilson, 1987) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla insolita (McCranie, Wilson & Williams, 1993) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla avia Stuart, 1952 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plectrohyla chrysopleura Wilson, McCranie & Cruz-Díaz, 1994 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla matudai (Hartweg, 1941) (Hartweg, 1941) | synonym |
| Plectrohyla brachycephala Taylor, 1949 Taylor, 1949 | synonym |
| Plectrohyla matudai brachycephala Taylor, 1949 Taylor, 1949 | synonym |
| Plectrohyla matudai matudai Hartweg, 1941 Hartweg, 1941 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207396 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4K5CH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.