Plectrohyla hazelae

Plectrohyla hazelae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. Scientists have seen it in pine-oak forests, in cloud forests, and in other mountain forests.^[2][3] It has been observed between 1,461 and 2,128 meters above sea level.^[1]

Plectrohyla hazelae
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Plectrohyla
Species:	P. hazelae
Binomial name
Plectrohyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940)
Synonyms[2]
Hyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940) Plectrohyla hazelae (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005) Sarcohyla hazelae (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

This frog is vulnerable to extinction for a few reasons. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis can kill this frog. There is also some habitat loss from logging and drainage of the streams in which the tadpoles develop.^[1]