Scinax montivagus

species of amphibian

Scinax montivagus is a frog. It lives in Brazil. Scientists have only seen it in the Chapada Diamantina in the Espinhaço Range of mountains.[1][2][3]

Scinax montivagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. montivagus
Binomial name
Scinax montivagus
(Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercȇs, and Abreu, 2015)

Scientists have seen this frog in rock fields[1] and near streams.[2]

The adult male frog is 25.9 mm to 30.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 28.9 to 32.2 mm long. Its nose is round. The eyes stick out from the head. This frog is gold in color on the back. Its eyelids and back legs can be green. All four legs have brown spots on them. There is a brown mark in the shape of a trapezoid between its eyes. There is a dark brown stripe near each eardrum. The belly is whitish in color. The chest and front legs can be red. The iris of the eye is gray-red with a dark brown pattern.[2]

The tadpole is light yellow in color with gray-brown spots and yellow fins.[2]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax montivagus Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercȇs, and Abreu, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Arti Patel (March 7, 2018). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Scinax montivagus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. Flora A. Juncá; Marcelo F. Napoli; Ivan Nunes; Ednei A. Mercês; Rafael O. Abreu (2015). "A new species of the Scinax ruber clade (Anura, Hylidae) from the Espinhaco Range, northeastern Brazil". Herpetologica (Abstract). 71 (4): 299–309. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00032. S2CID 85601234. Retrieved June 7, 2022.