Scinax cosenzai

Scinax cosenzai is a frog. It lives in Brazil. People have seen it in the Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadero in Minas Gerais.[1][2][3][4]

Scinax cosenzai
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. cosenzai
Binomial name
Scinax cosenzai
(Nunes, Kwet, and Pombal, 2012)
Synonyms
  • Scinax cosenzai Lacerda, Peixoto, and Feio, 2012
  • Ololygon cosenzi Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016

The adult male frog is 17.29–20.97 mm from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 22.65–24.02 mm long.[4]

The skin of the frog's back has bumps on it called tubercles. The skin of the back is gray with dark marks on it. There are dark marks across the legs. The skin on the insides of the hind legs is bright yellow.[4]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax cosenzai Lacerda, Peixoto, and Feio, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  2. "Scinax cosenzai". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  3. "Scinax cosenzai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55926A11394633. 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55926A11394633.en. 55926. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lacerda JVA; Peixoto OL; Feio RN (April 18, 2012). "A new species of the bromeligenous Scinax perpusillus group (Anura; Hylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa (Abstract). 3271: 31–42. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3271.1.3. S2CID 86151987. Retrieved January 8, 2023.