Biology:Scinax strussmannae

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Scinax strussmannae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. strussmannae
Binomial name
Scinax strussmannae
Ferrão, Moravec, Kaefer, Fraga, and Lima, 2018

Scinax strussmannae, or Strüssmann's snouted tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to dense rainforests in Brazil . It has been found in Nacentes do Lago Jari National Park.[1][2]

The adult male frog measures 20.2 to 22.5 mm in snout-vent length. The skin on the dorsum is yellow to bronze in color with small spots on the back and legs. There is a red stripe in the iris of its eye. The male frog has two different advertisement calls.[3]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R.. "Scinax strussmannae Ferrão, Moravec, Kaefer, Fraga, and Lima, 2018". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Scinaxinae/Scinax/Scinax-strussmannae. 
  2. "Scinax strussmannae". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8933. 
  3. Miquéias Ferrão; Jiří Moravec; Igor Luis Kaefer; Rafael de Fraga; Albertina Pimentel Lima (2018). "New Species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) with Red-Striped Eyes from Brazilian Amazonia.". Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 472–488. doi:10.1670/17-165. ISSN 1937-2418. https://pubag.nal.usda.gov/catalog/6238321. Retrieved June 10, 2022. 

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