Scinax rossaferesae
species of Amphibia
Scinax rossaferesae is a frog. It lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it in and around Guartelá Canyon.[1][2]
| Scinax rossaferesae | |
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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. rossaferesae
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| Binomial name | |
| Scinax rossaferesae (Conte, Araujo-Vieira, Crivellari, and Berneck, 2016)
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The adult male frog is 27.8–31.6 mm long from nose to rear end. The iris of its eye is gold or yellow in color. Parts of its legs are light brown.[3]
The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it after their friend Dr. Denise Rossa-Feres, a zoologist.[3]
References
change- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax rossaferesae Conte, Araujo-Vieira, Crivellari, and Berneck, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Scinax rossaferesae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carlos Eduardo Conte; Bianca Von Muller Berneck; Lucas Crivellari; Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira; Bberneck BVM (November 15, 2016). "A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Parana, southern Brazil". Zootaxa (Full text). 4193 (2): 245–265. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.3. PMID 27988716.
