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Scinax iquitorum

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Scinax iquitorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. iquitorum
Binomial name
Scinax iquitorum
(Moravec, Tuanama, Pérez-Peña, and Lehr, 2009)

Scinax iquitorum is a frog. It lives in Peru. Scientists have seen it near Río Nanay and Río Yavari.[2][1][3]

This frog is light green on the back with bright yellow color on its sides. It has black spots. The backs of its back legs are black. The iris of its eye is gold or the color of bronze.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scinax iquitorum". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax iquitorum Moravec, Tuanama, Pérez-Peña, and Lehr, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Scinax iquitorum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T191003A1966296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T191003A1966296.en. 191003. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  4. Moravec J; Tuanama IA; Perez PE; Lehr E (April 1, 2009). "A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from the area of Iquitos, Amazonian Peru". South American J Herpetology (abstract). 4: 9-16. doi:10.2994/057.004.0102. S2CID 86430731. Retrieved June 3, 2022.