Sarcohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Sarcohyla pachyderma is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
It is endemic to Mexico.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Scientists know it from a single stream on the eastern side of the Sierra Madre mountains in Veracruz, 1600 meters above sea level.
Scientists believe this frog to be "critically endangered, possibly extinct," with no more than fifty adult frogs alive as of the 2019 IUCN assessment. No individuals have been formally observed since 1940.
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Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sarcohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942)
- Name authority
- (Taylor, 1942)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Sarcohyla
- 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
- genusSarcohyla Duellman, Marion & Hedges, 2016
- speciesSarcohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sarcohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sarcohyla ameibothalame (Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson & Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla mykter (Adler & Dennis, 1972) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla hapsa Campbell, Brodie, Caviedes-Solis, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Luja, Flores-Villela et al., 2018 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla celata (Toal & Mendelson, 1995) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla thorectes (Adler, 1965) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla arborescandens (Taylor, 1939) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla labeculata (Shannon, 1951) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla psarosema (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sarcohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Plectrohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942) (Taylor, 1942) | synonym |
| Hyla pachyderma Taylor, 1942 Taylor, 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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1097860 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6XM64. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.