Scinax garbei

species of amphibian

The Eirunepe snouted tree frog (Scinax garbei) is a frog that lives in Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Scientists have seen it as high as 700 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

Scinax garbei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. garbei
Binomial name
Scinax garbei
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
Synonyms[3]
  • Garbeana garbei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
  • Hyla lutzi Melin, 1941
  • Hyla (Garbeana) garbei Lutz and Kloss, 1952
  • Osteocephalus garbei Goin, 1961
  • Scinax epacrorhina Duellman and Wiens, 1992
  • Scinax garbei Duellman and Wiens, 1992

The adult male frog is 42 to 46 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 48 mm. They are brown or light brown with darker brown marks on the back. They have green color on parts of their legs. They belly is white.[1]

This frog lives in trees and looks for food at night.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Albertina P. Lima; William E. Magnusson; Marcelo Menin; Luciana K. Erdtmann; Domingos J. Rodrigues; Claudia Keller; Walter Hödl (November 27, 2007). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Scinax garbei". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Enrique La Marca; Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron (2004). "Eirunepe Snouted Treefrog: Scinax garbei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55959A11384514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55959A11384514.en. 55955. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Scinax garbei (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 25, 2022.