Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Scinax > Scinax x-signatus

Scinax x-signatus (Venezuela Snouted Treefrog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Scinax x-signatus (common name: Venezuela snouted treefrog or Venezuelan snouted treefrog) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Brazil, the Guyanas (Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname), Venezuela and Colombia. Introduced populations exist on Guadeloupe and two nearby smaller islands, Marie Galante and La Désirade, and on Martinique. It may represent more than one species. Breeding takes place in standing water, both permanent and seasonal. Males call from the vegetation above and around ponds.
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Invasive Species

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.94
EDGE Score: 2.3

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  270
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.89 inches (4.8 cm)

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Predators

Lethocerus annulipes[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
2Predation on Scinax x-signatus (Anura: Hylidae) by the giant water bug Lethocerus annulipes (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in a Brazilian Restinga habitat, Caio A. Figueiredo-de-Andrade, Diego J. Santana, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Herpetology Notes, volume 3: 53-54 (2010)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0