''Scinax'' is a
genus
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of
frog
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s,
commonly known as snouted treefrogs, in the
family
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Hylidae
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Taxonomy and ...
. The genus is found from eastern and southern
Mexico
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to
Argentina
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and
Uruguay
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, and in
Trinidad and Tobago
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, and
Saint Lucia
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. Member
species
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are small to moderate-sized tree frogs, drably colored.
Duellman and
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).
*
eb application (2008). Berkeley, California
''Scinax'' AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
* taxo
''Scinax''at http://www.eol.org.
* Taxo
''Scinax''at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: 29 Apr 2008).
* Taxo
''Scinax''at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler