Scinax juncae

species of amphibian

Scinax juncae is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[1][2]

Scinax juncae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. juncae
Binomial name
Scinax juncae
(Nunes and Pombal, 2010)

The adult male frog is 23.0 to 27.1 mm long from nose to rear end. There is a yellow stripe going side to side on its face. Its back is green-brown with yellow-green stripes going from front to back. Its head is larger than its body.[3]

This frog lives in the edges of forests with bodies of water in them, for examples springs, ponds, and streams. They also live in open places that are near forests. When the scientists caught the frogs, they were sitting on small, woody plants.[3]

Scientists named this frog after a scientist: Dr. Flora Acuña Juncá. She studied amphibians in Brazil.[3]

References change

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax juncae Nunes and Pombal, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. "Scinax juncae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ivan Nunes; José P. Pombal JP (2010). "A new Scinax Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest remains of southern State of Bahia, North-eastern Brazil" (PDF). Amphibia-Reptilia. 31 (3): 347–353. doi:10.1163/156853810791769482. Retrieved June 4, 2022.