Scinax boulengeri (Cope, 1887)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Scinax boulengeri (commonly known as Boulenger's snouted tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas. 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 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.
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Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scinax boulengeri (Cope, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1887)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Scinax
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusScinax Wagler, 1830
- speciesScinax boulengeri (Cope, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scinax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scinax auratus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baumgardner's Snouted TreefrogScinax baumgardneri (Rivero, 1961) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax blairi (Fouquette & Pyburn, 1972) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax caprarius Acosta-Galvis, 2018 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax chiquitanus (De la Riva, 1990) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax crospedospilus (Lutz, 1925) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax danae (Duellman, 1986) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax dolloi (Werner, 1903) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax funereus (Cope, 1874) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax fuscomarginatus (Lutz, 1925) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax granulatus (Peters, 1871) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scinax ictericus Duellman & Wiens, 1993 | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ololygon boulengeri (Cope, 1887) (Cope, 1887) | synonym |
| Scytopis boulengeri Cope, 1887 Cope, 1887 | synonym |
| Hyla boulengeri (Cope, 1887) (Cope, 1887) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=662757 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VJVB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.