Craugastor matudai

Craugastor matudai is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in the lower montane zone at elevations of above sea level on the Pacific versant of Mexico and Guatemala, from Cerro Ovando in southwestern Chiapas to Fraternidad, a village in Esquipulas Palo Gordo, central Guatemala. It is named after Eizi Matuda, Japanese–Mexican botanist who hosted Hobart Muir Smith and his wife Rozella B. Smith, the collectors of the type series from Cerro Ovando.

Description

Males measure and females in snout–vent length. The body is heavily rugose with tiny pearly-topped tubercles. The canthus rostralis is sharp with slightly raised edges. The diameter of the tympanum relative to the eye is much larger in males than in females. Males lack vocal sac.

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitat is pine-oak forest where it lives terrestrially. This rare species is potentially threatened by habitat loss. Mexican law protects it under the "Special Protection" category.