First record of Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 (Anura, Hylidae) from Nicaragua

We confirm the presence of the genus Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 in Nicaragua and report the first records of Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 in the country based on three specimens collected in 1983 from the central mountain range of Matagalpa department. These specimens collected over 40 yea...

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Autores: Señaris, Celsa, Sunyer, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/386644
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/386644
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85197108236
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Amphibian
Central America
Distribution extension
Museum collections
Spikethumb Frog
Threatened genus
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Sumario:We confirm the presence of the genus Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 in Nicaragua and report the first records of Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877 in the country based on three specimens collected in 1983 from the central mountain range of Matagalpa department. These specimens collected over 40 years ago are the southernmost records for the species and expand its geographic distribution by approximately 175 km southeast from its nearest recorded locality in Honduras.