Scinax tymbamirim

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Scinax tymbamirim
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. tymbamirim
Binomial name
Scinax tymbamirim
(Nunes, Kwet, and Pombal, 2012)

Scinax tymbamirim is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[3][1][2][4]

Appearance[change | change source]

The adult male frog is 20.6 to 27.4 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 22.3 to 31.2 mm long.[4]

This frog is brown or orange-brown in color. It has white stripes on its sides, but the stripes are not all one piece. There is a five-sided mark between its eyes. There is yellow color around the mark. There are dark brown stripes across all four legs. Its belly is light brown. This frog has vomerine teeth in its jaw. It has disks on its toes for climbing.[4]

Home[change | change source]

This frog lives on hills 1000 meters high all the way down to sea level lowlands.[3]

Name[change | change source]

The scientific name of this frog comes from the Tupí-guarani language. Tymba means "animal" and mirim means "small." The scientists named this frog "small animal" because it is smaller that Scinax alter.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scinax tymbamirim". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva; Axel Kwet (2010). "Scinax tymbamirim". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55926A11394633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55926A11394633.en. 55926. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Scinax tymbamirim Nunes, Kwet, and Pombal, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nunes I; Kwet A; Pombal Jr JP (2012). "Taxonomic revision of the Scinax alter species complex (Anura: Hylidae)" (PDF). Copeia. 2012 (3): 554–569. doi:10.1643/CH-11-088. S2CID 85937435. Retrieved May 26, 2022.