Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Scinax > Scinax x-signatusScinax x-signatus (Venezuela Snouted Treefrog)Synonyms: Auletris coerulea; Hyla affinis; Hyla coerulea; Hyla rubra x-signata; Hyla x-signata; Hyla x-signata x-signata; Ololygon x-signata 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 8.94 EDGE Score: 2.3 |
Litter Size [1] | 270 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.89 inches (4.8 cm) |
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Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Atlantic dry forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Bahia coastal forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Bahia interior forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Caatinga |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Campos Rupestres montane savanna |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Cerrado |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Guianan Highlands moist forests |
Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan moist forests |
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan savanna |
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Llanos |
Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Orinoco Delta swamp forests |
Venezuela, Guyana |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Pernambuco coastal forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Pernambuco interior forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Serra do Mar coastal forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests |
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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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 |
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
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