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Scinax cretatus

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Scinax cretatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. cretatus
Binomial name
Scinax cretatus
Nunes and Pombal, 2011

Scinax cretatus is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.[3][1]

This frog lives near the edges of coastal forests and lakes.[3]

The adult male frog measures 25.8 to 34.7 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 29.2 to 32.5 mm. The skin on the dorsum is dark brown with white dorsolateral stripes.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Scinax cretatus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Scinax cretatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T48086104A177145880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T48086104A177145880.en. 48086104. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax cretatus Nunes and Pombal, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Ivan Nunes; José P Pombal Jr (2011). "A new snouted treefrog of the speciose genus Scinax Wagler (Anura, Hylidae) from northeastern Brazil". Herpetologica (preview). 67: 80–88. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00026.1. S2CID 85330206. Retrieved June 6, 2022.