Scinax elaeochroa
species of amphibian
The Supirio snouted tree frog or olive snouted tree frog (Scinax elaeochroa) is a frog that lives in Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. Scientists have seen it as high as 700 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Scinax |
| Species: | S. elaeochroa
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| Scinax elaeochroa (Cope, 1865)
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The adult male frog is 40 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 50 mm long. This frog has a flat body with a round nose that sticks out. Its eyes are large and stick out from its head. These frogs can be different colors of brown, yellow or green.[1]
This frog can hold on to plants straight up and down. It presses its whole body against the leaf. The frog's body acts like a suction cup.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Veronica Garza (April 2, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Scinax elaeochroa". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog: Scinax elaeochroa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55952A54348386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55952A54348386.en. S2CID 242991071. 55952. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scinax elaeochroa (Cope, 1865)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
