Scinax elaeochroa

The Supirio snouted tree frog or olive snouted tree frog (Scinax elaeochroa) is a frog that lives in Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. Scientists have seen it as high as 700 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

Scinax elaeochroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Scinax
Species:
S. elaeochroa
Binomial name
Scinax elaeochroa
(Cope, 1865)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla elaeochroa Cope, 1875
  • Hyla quinquevittata Cope, 1886
  • Hyla dulcensis Taylor, 1958
  • Ololygon elaeochroa Fouquette and Delahoussaye, 1977
  • Scinax elaeochroa Duellman and Wiens, 1992
  • Scinax elaeochrous Köhler and Böhme, 1996

The adult male frog is 40 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 50 mm long. This frog has a flat body with a round nose that sticks out. Its eyes are large and stick out from its head. These frogs can be different colors of brown, yellow or green.[1]

This frog can hold on to plants straight up and down. It presses its whole body against the leaf. The frog's body acts like a suction cup.[1]

References
  1. Veronica Garza (April 2, 2004). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Scinax elaeochroa". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog: Scinax elaeochroa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55952A54348386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55952A54348386.en. S2CID 242991071. 55952. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  3. "Scinax elaeochroa (Cope, 1865)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
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