| Scinax juncae | |
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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. juncae
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| Binomial name | |
| Scinax juncae Nunes and Pombal, 2010
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Scinax juncae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. [1] [2]
The adult male frog measures 23.0 to 27.1 mm in snout-vent length. It has a yellowish stripe across its face and green-brown skin on the dorsum with yellow-green stripes. Its head is larger than its body. [3]
This frog lives in forests and nearby open areas near with bodies of water such as springs, ponds, and streams. The frogs were found while singing, seated on shrubs. [3]
Scientists named this frog after a herpetologist Dr. Flora Acuña Juncá. [3]
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax juncae Nunes and Pombal, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Scinax juncae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c Ivan Nunes; José P. Pombal Jr. (2010). "A new Scinax Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest remains of southern State of Bahia, North-eastern Brazil" (PDF). Amphibia-Reptilia. 31 (3): 347–353. doi: 10.1163/156853810791769482. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
| Scinax juncae | |
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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. juncae
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| Binomial name | |
| Scinax juncae Nunes and Pombal, 2010
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Scinax juncae is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. [1] [2]
The adult male frog measures 23.0 to 27.1 mm in snout-vent length. It has a yellowish stripe across its face and green-brown skin on the dorsum with yellow-green stripes. Its head is larger than its body. [3]
This frog lives in forests and nearby open areas near with bodies of water such as springs, ponds, and streams. The frogs were found while singing, seated on shrubs. [3]
Scientists named this frog after a herpetologist Dr. Flora Acuña Juncá. [3]
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax juncae Nunes and Pombal, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Scinax juncae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c Ivan Nunes; José P. Pombal Jr. (2010). "A new Scinax Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest remains of southern State of Bahia, North-eastern Brazil" (PDF). Amphibia-Reptilia. 31 (3): 347–353. doi: 10.1163/156853810791769482. Retrieved June 4, 2022.