Scinax curicica

species of amphibian

The lanceback tree frog (Scinax curicica) is a frog. It lives in Minas Gerais in Brazil.[3][1][2]

Scinax curicica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. curicica
Binomial name
Scinax curicica
(Pugliese, Pombal, and Sazima, 2004)
Synonyms[3]
  • Scinax manriquei Barrio-Amorós, Orellana, and Chacón-Ortiz, 2004
  • Scinax flavidus La Marca, 2004
For another frog called the lanceback tree frog, see Scinax duartei.

This frog is brown or gray in color. It has a mark between its eyes. It has two stripes down its back. The insides of its back legs are bright yellow.[4]

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Scinax duartei.[3][4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scinax curicica". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Simon Stuart (2006). "Scinax curicica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T61794A12548214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61794A12548214.en. 61794. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax curicica Pugliese, Pombal, and Sazima, 2004". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Pugliese, Adriana; Pombal, José P.; Sazima, Ivan (2004). "A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields of the Serra do Cipó, Southeastern Brazil (Abstract)". Zootaxa. 688: 1–15. doi:10.5281/zenodo.158103. Retrieved May 30, 2022.