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Anura, Hylidae, Hylinae, Genus Scinax
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| About 95 species of Scinax range from Guerreo and Tamaulipas, Mexico southward to Argentina and northern Peru. They also occur on Trinidad, Tobago, and St. Lucia. These are often drab little frogs that have the web between toes 1 and 2 completely absent, or reduced to a fringe. Also, the terminal finger disk is wider than it is long. Breeding usually occurs in temporary pools, but at least one lineage breeds in streams. Members of the genus often perch in head down positions on vertical surfaces. These frogs are sometimes called snouted treefrogs. Duellman and Weins (1992, Occassional Papers Museum of Natural History University Kansas, 151:1-23) presented evidence that Scinax belonged to a monophyletic group that including Sphaenorhynchus and Scarthyla. | |
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