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Sarcohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974)

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Sarcohyla cyanomma, also known as the blue-eyed aquatic treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from the northern slope of Cerro Pelón, in Sierra de Juárez in northern Oaxaca. It is feared that the species might be extinct.

Wikipedia contributors, Sarcohyla cyanomma; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:50:53.566598+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Sarcohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974)
Name authority
(Caldwell, 1974)
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.

  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. genusSarcohyla Duellman, Marion & Hedges, 2016
  12. speciesSarcohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sarcohyla ameibothalame (Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson & Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla mykter (Adler & Dennis, 1972)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla hapsa Campbell, Brodie, Caviedes-Solis, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Luja, Flores-Villela et al., 2018HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla celata (Toal & Mendelson, 1995)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla thorectes (Adler, 1965)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla arborescandens (Taylor, 1939)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla labeculata (Shannon, 1951)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sarcohyla psarosema (Campbell & Duellman, 2000)HylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Plectrohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974) (Caldwell, 1974)synonym
Hyla cyanomma Caldwell, 1974 Caldwell, 1974synonym

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=1097842 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:79M66. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.