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Plectrohyla quecchi Stuart, 1942

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 quecchi is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

It is endemic to Guatemala.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Plectrohyla quecchi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:50:55.238475+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Plectrohyla quecchi Stuart, 1942
Name authority
Stuart, 1942
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
  11. genusPlectrohyla Brocchi, 1877
  12. speciesPlectrohyla quecchi Stuart, 1942

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Plectrohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Plectrohyla acanthodes Duellman & Campbell, 1992HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla hartwegi Duellman, 1968HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla lacertosa Bumzahem & Smith, 1954HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla psiloderma McCranie & Wilson, 1999HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla pycnochila Rabb, 1959HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla tecunumani Duellman & Campbell, 1984HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla ixil Stuart, 1942HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla calvata McCranie, 2017HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla catracha (Porras & Wilson, 1987)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla insolita (McCranie, Wilson & Williams, 1993)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla avia Stuart, 1952HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plectrohyla chrysopleura Wilson, McCranie & Cruz-Díaz, 1994HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 590 records assigned to Hylidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Hyla quecchi (Stuart, 1942) (Stuart, 1942)synonym

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207398 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:4K5CT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.