Scinax caprarius
species of amphibian
The Canastra snouted tree frog (Scinax caprarius) is a frog. It lives in Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 900 and 1300 meters above sea level, where 2800 to 5000 mm of rainfall every year.[1][2]
Scinax caprarius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Scinax |
Species: | S. caprarius
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Binomial name | |
Scinax caprarius (Acosta-Galvis, 2018)
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The adult frog is about 28.6 to 31.1 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists wrote that the male frog's voice sounded like a goat.[3]
References
change- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax caprarius Acosta-Galvis, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Scinax caprarius". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ↑ Acosta-Galvis AR (2018). "Una nueva rana de huesos verdes del género Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) asociada a los bosques subandinos de la cuenca del río Magdalena, Colombia". Biota Colombiana (fulltext) (in Spanish). 19 (1): 131–159. doi:10.21068/c2018.v19s1a11. S2CID 133850450. Retrieved June 1, 2022.