Sarcohyla charadricola
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Sarcohyla charadricola faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited montane range. The species is particularly vulnerable to chytrid fungal infections, which have devastated amphibian populations throughout Central America. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the cool, humid conditions essential for this cloud forest specialist.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and pine-oak forests at elevations between 1,200-2,400 meters in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. It requires cool, humid microhabitats with persistent moisture and dense vegetation cover typical of these high-elevation ecosystems.
