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Scinax rupestris

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Scinax rupestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. rupestris
Binomial name
Scinax rupestris
(Araujo-Vieira, Brandão, and Faria, 2015)

Scinax rupestris is a frog. It lives in Goiás in Brazil. It lives more than 1000 meters above sea level. It lives in small rivers near where there is quartzite rock in the ground.[1][2]

The adult male frog is 21.9 to 27.7 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 26.7 to 31.7 mm. The iris of its eye is bright yellow. There is a small, hard spike behind the jaw.[3]

References

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  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax rupestris Araujo-Vieira, Brandão, and Faria, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  2. "Scinax rupestris". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. Araujo-Vieira K; Brandao RA; Faria DC (2015). "A new species of rock-dwelling Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Chapada dos Veadeiros, central Brazil (Abstract)". Zootaxa. 3915 (1): 52–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.2. PMID 25662110. Retrieved May 31, 2022.