Cloud forest tree frog

The cloud forest tree frog (Megastomatohyla nubicola) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Cloud forest tree frog
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Megastomatohyla
Species:	M. nubicola
Binomial name
Megastomatohyla nubicola (Duellman, 1964)
Synonyms[2]
Hyla nubicola Duellman, 1964

William Edward Duellman described the species in 1964; he placed it in the genus Hyla. The specific name, nubicola, Latin for "sky-dwelling", refers to its habitat being a cloud forest.^[3] It was transferred to Megastomatohyla upon that genus's circumscription in 2005.^[4]