Cloud Forest Stream Frog vs ウロコカザリドリ

Ptychohyla euthysanota compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cloud Forest Stream Frog	ウロコカザリドリ
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Amphibia (両生類)	Aves (鳥類)
Order	Anura (カエル)	Passeriformes (スズメ目)
Family	Hylidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Ptychohyla	Ampelioides
Species	Ptychohyla euthysanota	Ampelioides tschudii

Evolutionary Relationship

Cloud Forest Stream Frog and ウロコカザリドリ share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索動物)

Conservation Status

Cloud Forest Stream Frog

LC — Least Concern

ウロコカザリドリ

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cloud Forest Stream Frog	ウロコカザリドリ
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cloud Forest Stream Frog

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico.

ウロコカザリドリ

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Cloud Forest Stream Frog

Cloud forest stream frogs are hylid frogs in the genus Ptychohyla (family Hylidae) native to the montane cloud forests of Middle America, from southern Mexico through Central America. These medium-sized treefrogs inhabit rocky montane streams and waterfalls within dense cloud forest, where they breed in fast-flowing water and larvae develop attached to rocks using specialized oral suckers adapted to resist strong currents. Adults are typically greenish-brown with darker dorsal patterning providing camouflage against mossy stream margins and vegetation. They are nocturnal, foraging for insects and other invertebrates along stream courses and in adjacent cloud forest undergrowth. Several Ptychohyla species are restricted to single mountain ranges or small highland areas, making them highly vulnerable to habitat loss. The dual threat of chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and cloud forest loss through agricultural conversion has severely impacted populations of several Ptychohyla species, with multiple species now listed as Critically Endangered or potentially extinct following the wave of chytrid-associated amphibian population collapses that swept through Central American highland amphibian communities in the late 20th century.

ウロコカザリドリ

ウロコカゲキドリ(Ampelioides tschudii)はIUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念(LC)に分類される。分布域全体に広く生息し個体数も豊富で、個体群は安定しており、直接的な保全上の懸念はない。