Scinax ruber
The red-snouted tree frog, Allen's snouted tree frog, common snouted tree frog or two-striped snouted tree frog (Scinax ruber) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and the Guianas. Human beings also brought it to Puerto Rico.[3][1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Scinax |
| Species: | S. ruber
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| Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)
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The adult male frog is 3.1 to 3.7 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 4.0 to 4.2 cm long. The male frog is yellow or almost white in color and the female frog is brown or gray in color. This frog has dark brown spots down its sides and yellow or orange spots on its legs and middle.[1]
This frog lives in trees and looks for food at night. This frog can lay eggs at any time, but it usually does when the weather is rainy. The male frog sits on a tree branch over the water and sings for the female frog. The female frog lays her eggs, about 590 eggs at a time, on plants near the water. When the tadpoles hatch from the eggs, they fall into the water.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Albertina P. Lima; William E. Magnusson; Marcelo Menin; Luciana K. Erdtmann; Domingos J. Rodrigues; Claudia Keller; Walter Hödl (November 27, 2007). "Scinax ruber: Common Snouted Treefrog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frank Solís; Roberto Ibáñez; César Jaramillo; Querube Fuenmayor; Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Enrique La Marca; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Jerry Hardy; Blair Hedges; Beatrice Ibéné; Michel Breuil; Robert Powell (2008). "Red Snouted Treefrog: Scinax ruber". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55994A11395509. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55994A11395509.en. 55994. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 10, 2022.