''Scinax caprarius'', the Canastra 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 endemic to sub-Andean hills in
Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 900 and 1300 meters above sea level, in areas with 2800 to 5000 mm of annual rainfall.
The adult frog measures 28.6 to 31.1 mm long in
snout-vent length. The male frog's advertisement call resembles a goat's bleat.
References
Frogs of South America
caprarius
Amphibians described in 2018
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