Scinax

Scinax
Scinax boesemani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Scinax Wagler, 1830
Species
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Scinax is a genus of frogs (snouted treefrogs) in the family Hylidae found in eastern and southern Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Lucia. These are small to moderate-sized tree frogs, drably colored. Duellman and Wiens resurrected this genus in 1992. The name originates from the Greek word skinos, meaning quick or nimble.

Species[]

This following species are recognised in the genus Scinax:^[1]

References[]

• Duellman, W.E. and Wiens, J.J. 1992. The status of the hylid frog genus Ololygon and the recognition of Scinax Wagler, 1830. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas. 151:1-23.
• Duellman, W.E. and Wiens, J.J. 1993. Hylid frogs of the genus Scinax Wagler, 1830, in Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas. 153:1-57.

External links[]

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Scinax. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Scinax. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
• eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Scinax at http://www.eol.org.
• ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Scinax at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Scinax at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
• Sazima Network - Papers, Pictures and Blog by Sazima.