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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. caprarius
Binomial name
Scinax caprarius
(Acosta-Galvis, 2018)

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Scinax caprarius". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  3. 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.