''Scinax boulengeri'' (commonly known as Boulenger's snouted tree frog) is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica,

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, and possibly Honduras. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

s, intermittent freshwater

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found a ...

es, pastureland,

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

s, rural gardens, and

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s. It has been found as high as 600 meters above sea level. The adult male frog measures 36 to 49 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 42 to 53 mm. This frog is gray, dull green, or light brown in color with darker brown marks and tuberculate skin on its dorsum. It has dark brown marks. It can have a triangle between its eyes. There are bars on its front and back legs. It has a white throat and white ventrum. Its middle is green. Its sides are yellow-green. This frog is

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose nu ...

and nocturnal. When human beings see it, it is usually perching on a shrub or other mid-sized plant. Unlike other tree frogs, its breeding season is not closely linked to rainfall. The male frogs hide in vegetation near the edges of ponds. Then they sing for the female frogs for about four hours. The female frog lays eggs in shallow water, 600-700 per clutch. The eggs hatch after 1-1.5 days. The silver-yellow tadpoles grow into frogs in 40 to 88 days.

References

boulengeri Amphibians of Colombia Amphibians of Costa Rica Amphibians of Nicaragua Amphibians of Panama Amphibians described in 1887 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Scinax-stub