Scinax tigrinus

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Scinax tigrinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. tigrinus
Binomial name
Scinax tigrinus
Nunes, Carvalho, and Pereira, 2010

Scinax tigrinus is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. [2] [3] [1]

The adult male frog measures 28.4 to 30.8 mm long in snout-vent length. This frog has orange-yellow flash color in the form of transverse stripes on its hind legs. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Scinax tigrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T190495A8801378. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T190495A8801378.en . Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax jolyi Nunes, Carvalho, and Pereira, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  3. "Scinax tigrinus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  4. Nunes I; Carvalho Jr RR; Pereira EG (June 22, 2010). "A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerrado of Brazil". Zootaxa (abstract). 2514 (1): 24–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2514.1.2 . Retrieved May 30, 2022.