Scinax rossaferesae

Scinax rossaferesae is a frog. It lives in Brazil. Scientists have seen it in and around Guartelá Canyon.[1][2]

Scinax rossaferesae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. rossaferesae
Binomial name
Scinax rossaferesae
(Conte, Araujo-Vieira, Crivellari, and Berneck, 2016)

The adult male frog is 27.8–31.6 mm long from nose to rear end. The iris of its eye is gold or yellow in color. Parts of its legs are light brown.[3]

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it after their friend Dr. Denise Rossa-Feres, a zoologist.[3]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax rossaferesae Conte, Araujo-Vieira, Crivellari, and Berneck, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  2. "Scinax rossaferesae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Carlos Eduardo Conte; Bianca Von Muller Berneck; Lucas Crivellari; Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira; Bberneck BVM (November 15, 2016). "A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Parana, southern Brazil". Zootaxa (Full text). 4193 (2): 245–265. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.3. PMID 27988716.