Scinax cretatus is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.[3][1]
| Scinax cretatus | |
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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. cretatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scinax cretatus Nunes and Pombal, 2011
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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
edit- ^ a b "Scinax cretatus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.