Chamula Mountain Brook Frog vs clouded brindle

Duellmanohyla chamulae compared with Apamea epomidion

Key Differences

• Chamula Mountain Brook Frog is Endangered while clouded brindle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chamula Mountain Brook Frog	clouded brindle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Hylidae	Noctuidae
Genus	Duellmanohyla	Apamea
Species	Duellmanohyla chamulae	Apamea epomidion

Evolutionary Relationship

Chamula Mountain Brook Frog and clouded brindle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chamula Mountain Brook Frog

EN — Endangered

clouded brindle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chamula Mountain Brook Frog	clouded brindle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chamula Mountain Brook Frog

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

clouded brindle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Chamula Mountain Brook Frog

The Chamula Mountain Brook Frog (Duellmanohyla chamulae) is a species in the genus Duellmanohyla. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

clouded brindle

The clouded brindle (Apamea epomidion) is a noctuid moth in the family Noctuidae found across temperate Europe and extending into western Asia. The adult wingspan measures approximately 35–45 mm with typical brindle-patterned forewings in grey-brown and buff tones with subtle cross-lines and stigmata characteristic of the Apamea genus. The term 'clouded' refers to diffuse cloud-like darker shading areas across the forewing surface. Adults fly in one generation from June to August, attracted to light and flowers at night. The larvae are internal feeders within grass stems and roots, feeding on coarse grass species such as Brachypodium sylvaticum and Deschampsia in woodland rides, scrub margins, and rough grassland habitats. The pupal stage overwinters in soil or within plant debris. The clouded brindle inhabits structurally diverse woodland edge habitats with a mixture of tall grasses, scrub, and open canopy woodland rides that provide both larval foodplants and adult resting sites. Changes in woodland management, particularly reduction of coppicing and shading of woodland rides, may affect this and related grass-feeding brindle moth species.