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Red Snouted Tree Frog
Kristof & Yulia, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Frogs & toads

Red Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRed Snouted Tree Frog
DutchBadkamerkikker
SpanishRanita listada
Chinese—
Sranan Tongotodo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameScinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)

About this species

Scinax ruber is a species of frog in the family Hylidae which is known in English as the red snouted treefrog or red-snouted treefrog, sometimes also Allen's snouted treefrog, the latter referring to the now-synonymized Scinax alleni. This widespread species is found in much of Amazonian and northern coastal South America and into Panama, as well as in some Caribbean islands as introduced populations. It is a complex containing several cryptic species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyHylidae
GenusScinax

In Suriname

935Records in Suriname
125iNaturalist observations
1824First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini44
  • Commewijne26
  • Paramaribo21
  • Brokopondo16
  • Para14
  • Nickerie11
  • Wanica5
  • Marowijne2
  • Coronie1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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