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Scinax nasicus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Scinaxinae
Genus: Scinax
Species: Scinax nasicus
Name

Scinax nasicus (Cope, 1862)

Type locality: "Paraguay".

Syntypes: USNM 5835, 32371.
Synonyms

Hyla nasica Cope, 1862
Hyla nigra Cope, 1887
Hylella anisitsi Méhely, 1904
Hyla x-signata nasica — Lutz, 1973
Hyla anisitzi — Duellman, 1977
Ololygon nasica — Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977
Ololygon nasicum — Laurent and Teran, 1981
Scinax nasica — Duellman and Wiens, 1992
Scinax nasicus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996

References

Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 354.
Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 6, 23.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Scinax nasicus . Accessed on 16 Apr 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Scinax nasicus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 16 April 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Lesser Snouted Treefrog

Scinax nasicus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.
References

Axel Kwet, Lucy Aquino, Steffen Reichle, Débora Silvano, Esteban Lavilla, Ismael di Tada, Jose Langone (2004). "Scinax nasicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55980A11390205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55980A11390205.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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