A new species of Plectrohyla (Anura: Hylidae) from a premontane rainforest in Northern Honduras

A new species of Plectrohyla, P. chrysopleura, from moderate elevations in the Cordillera Nombre de Dios of northern Honduras is described and illustrated, as is its tadpole. Its combination of prominent golden yellow flashmarks, blunt prepollex, moderate size, vocal slits present in males, spatulate teeth, and weakly to moderately tuberculate dorsal surfaces easily distinguishes it from the other species of Plectrohyla. Several problems with a recent phylogenetic analysis of the genus Plectrohyla are noted and a phylogenetic reanalysis indicates that the new species is the one closest to the ancestral stock of the genus.