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Scinax rogerioi

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Scinax rogerioi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. rogerioi
Binomial name
Scinax rogerioi
(Pugliese, Baêta, and Pombal, 2009)

Scinax cabralensis is a frog. It lives in Brazil. Scientists saw some frogs 1070 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Appearance[change | change source]

The adult male frog is 25.0 to 35.6 mm long from nose to rear end. The adult female frog is 28.0 to 34.5 mm. Its head is as wide as its body, and its tongue is big and round. It has disks on its toes for climbing.[2]

This frog is light yellow-green or gray-green in color. It has dark brown spots. The iris of its eye is the color of copper metal.[2]

Reproduction[change | change source]

This frog lays eggs after it rains. They have many young in a short time. The males sit on short plants, rocks, or the ground near water. The males sing for the females.[2]

Threats[change | change source]

Some of these frogs live where the laws of Brazil say people cannot hurt them: Parque Estadual do Itacolomi. It is in Minas Gerais.[2]

Name[change | change source]

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it after their friend Dr. Rogério P. Bastos. He is a scientist from the Universidade Federal de Goiás, and he works with frogs and toads from Brazil.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax rogerioi Pugliese, Baêta, and Pombal, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Stephanie Ung (April 29, 2010). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Scinax rogerioi". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  3. Pugliese A; Baeta D; Pombal Jr JP (2009). "A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields in southeastern and central Brazil". Zootaxa. 2269: 53–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2269.1.4. Retrieved June 2, 2022.