''Scinax'' is a genus of frogs, Common name, commonly known as snouted treefrogs, in the Family (biology), family Hylidae. The genus is found from eastern and southern Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay, and in Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Lucia. Member species are small to moderate-sized tree frogs, drably colored. species:William Edward Duellman, Duellman and species:John Joseph Wiens, Wiens resurrected this genus in 1992. The name originates from the Greek word ''skinax'', meaning quick or nimble.
Species
This following species are recognised in the genus ''Scinax:''
References
Further reading
* ; (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.
* (1993). "Hylid frogs of the genus ''Scinax'' Wagler, 1830, in Amazonian Ecuador and Peru". ''Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas'' 153:1–57.
External links
* (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).
* [web application]. (2008). Berkeley, California
''Scinax'' AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
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''Scinax''at http://www.eol.org.
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''Scinax''at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
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''Scinax''at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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Scinax,
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler