Scinax sugillatus

The Quevedo snouted tree frog (Scinax sugillatus) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador and Colombia on the Pacific (western) side of the mountains. Scientists have seen it as high as 500 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

Scinax sugillatus
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. sugillatus
Binomial name
Scinax sugillatus
(Pyburn and Fouquette, 1971)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla sugillata Duellman, 1973
  • Ololygon sugillata Duellman and Wiens, 1992
  • Scinax sugillatus Köhler and Böhme, 1996

The adult male frog is about 39.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 45.5 mm long. This frog is brown on the back and whitish on the belly. It has black coloring on its middle with stripes. The stripes are bright blue and bright green.[1]

The Latin name of this frog means "blue and black."[1]

References

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