Biology:Scinax cretatus

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Scinax cretatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. cretatus
Binomial name
Scinax cretatus
Nunes and Pombal, 2011

Scinax cretatus is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil .[3][1]

This frog lives near the edges of coastal forests and lakes.[3]

The adult male frog measures 25.8 to 34.7 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 29.2 to 32.5 mm. The skin on the dorsum is dark brown with white dorsolateral stripes.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scinax cretatus". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7625. 
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). Scinax cretatus. 3.1. p. e.T48086104A177145880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T48086104A177145880.en. 48086104. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48086104/177145880. Retrieved June 6, 2022. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R.. "Scinax cretatus Nunes and Pombal, 2011". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Scinaxinae/Scinax/Scinax-cretatus. 
  4. Ivan Nunes; José P Pombal Jr (2011). "A new snouted treefrog of the speciose genus Scinax Wagler (Anura, Hylidae) from northeastern Brazil.". Herpetologica 67: 80–88. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00026.1. https://www.academia.edu/657992. Retrieved June 6, 2022. 

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