We describe a new species of the hylid frog genus Scinax from the Peruvian Upper Amazonian Lowlands (area of Iquitos, Region Loreto, Peru). The new species belongs to the Scinax ruber clade and differs from all its members by having the dorsal skin slightly to coarsely shagreen, by lacking conspicuous ulnar and tarsal tubercles, and in life by having a distinct light olive-green coloration on dorsum, bright yellow flanks with distinct black spots, black posterior surfaces of thighs, and gold to bronze iris.
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1 April 2009
A New Species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from the Area of Iquitos, Amazonian Peru
Jiří Moravec,
Illich Arista Tuanama,
Pedro E. Pérez,
Edgar Lehr
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South American Journal of Herpetology
Vol. 4 • No. 1
April 2009
Vol. 4 • No. 1
April 2009
Amazonia
Anura
Hylidae
Peru
Scinax iquitorum new species