About Dryophytes plicatus (Brocchi, 1877)
Scientific Classification and Endemic Status
The ridged tree frog, scientifically named Dryophytes plicatus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family that is endemic to Mexico.
High Elevation Habitat
Its natural habitats include mountainous pine-fir forests at high elevations.
Lower Elevation Habitat and Breeding
At lower elevations, it lives in moderate and low-lying streams and ponds, where it is thought to breed.
Additional Habitat Types
It can also be found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds.
