Sarcohyla pachyderma
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Sarcohyla pachyderma faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited montane forest 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 microclimate conditions essential for this cloud forest specialist.
Habitat
This species inhabits cool, humid cloud forests and montane pine-oak forests at elevations between 1,500-2,500 meters in the mountains of central Mexico. It requires pristine forest streams and adjacent vegetation for breeding and is highly dependent on the stable microclimate conditions found in undisturbed montane ecosystems.
