| Spikethumb Frogs | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 |
| Species | |
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Spikethumb Frogs (Plectrohyla) are a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in Central America from southern Mexico through Guatemala, northern El Salvador to central and northern Honduras. A major revision of the Hylidae family moved an additional 21 species to this genus from the Hyla genus.[1] They are called spikethumb because of the spike on their thumb, which is called a prepollex.
42 species are recognized in this genus:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Plectrohyla acanthodes Duellman and Campbell, 1992 | Thorny Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla ameibothalame (Canseco-Márquez, Mendelson & Gutiérrez-Mayén, 2002) |
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| Plectrohyla arborescandens (Taylor, 1939) | Lesser Bromeliad Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla avia Stuart, 1952 | Greater Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla bistincta (Cope, 1877) | Mexican Fringe-limbed Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla calthula (Ustach, Mendelson, McDiarmid & Campbell, 2000) | |
| Plectrohyla calvicollina (Toal, 1994) | |
| Plectrohyla celata (Toal and Mendelson, 1995) | |
| Plectrohyla cembra (Caldwell, 1974) | Southern Sierra Madre Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla charadricola (Duellman, 1964) | Puebla Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla chryses (Adler, 1965) | Golden Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla chrysopleura Wilson, McCranie & Cruz-Díaz, 1994 | |
| Plectrohyla crassa (Brocchi, 1877) | Aquatic Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla cyanomma (Caldwell, 1974) | Blue-eyed Aquatic Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla cyclada (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) | |
| Plectrohyla dasypus McCranie & Wilson, 1981 | Honduras Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla ephemera (Meik, Canseco-Márquez, Smith & Campbell, 2005) | |
| Plectrohyla exquisita McCranie & Wilson, 1998 | |
| Plectrohyla glandulosa (Boulenger, 1883) | Forest Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 | Guatemala Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla hartwegi Duellman, 1968 | Hartweg's Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940) | Hazel's Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla ixil Stuart, 1942 | Ixil Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla labedactyla (Mendelson & Toal, 1996) | |
| Plectrohyla lacertosa Bumzahem & Smith, 1954 | Pop-eyed Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla matudai Hartweg, 1941 | Matuda's Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla miahuatlanensis Meik, Smith, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2006 |
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| Plectrohyla mykter (Adler & Dennis, 1972) | Keelsnout Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla pachyderma (Taylor, 1942) | Semiaquatic Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla pentheter (Adler, 1965) | Mourning Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla pokomchi Duellman & Campbell, 1984 | Rio Sananja Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla psarosema (Campbell & Duellman, 2000) | |
| Plectrohyla psiloderma McCranie & Wilson, 1999 | |
| Plectrohyla pycnochila Rabb, 1959 | Thick-lipped Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla quecchi Stuart, 1942 | Las Palmas Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla robertsorum (Taylor, 1940) | Roberts' Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla sabrina (Caldwell, 1974) | Sierra Juarez Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla sagorum Hartweg, 1941 | Arcane Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla siopela (Duellman, 1968) | Voiceless Treefrog |
| Plectrohyla tecunumani Duellman & Campbell, 1984 | Cave Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla teuchestes Duellman & Campbell, 1992 | Alta Verapaz Spikethumb Frog |
| Plectrohyla thorectes (Adler, 1965) | Adler's Mottled Treefrog |