Scinax quinquefasciatus

Scinax quinquefasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. quinquefasciatus
Binomial name
Scinax quinquefasciatus
(Fowler, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyla quinquefasciata Fowler, 1913
  • Ololygon quinquefasciata Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977
  • Scinax quinquefasciata Duellman and Wiens, 1992
  • Scinax quinquefasciatus Köhler and Böhme, 1996

Fowler's snouted tree frog (Scinax quinquefasciatus) is a frog that lives in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Human beings accidentally brought it to the Galapagos Islands. Scientists have seen it as high as 620 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]

The adult male frog is 27.6–38.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 33.9–38.9 mm long. This frog can be in different colors. It can be light brown or dark brown with darker marks and other patterns. Its belly is the color of cream.[2]

This frog sometimes has a mark on its stomach that looks like five lines coming out from the same middle. Its Latin name means "five rays."

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scinax quinquefasciatus (Fowler, 1913)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron; Gabriela Pazmiño-Armijos (October 12, 2011). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Scinax quinquefasciatus" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Diego Cisneros-Heredia; Karl-Heinz Jungfer; Wilmar Bolívar (2020). "Fowler's Snouted Treefrog: Scinax quinquefasciatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55990A11393851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55990A11393851.en. 55990. Retrieved April 30, 2022.