Scinax montivagus Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercês & Abreu, 2015
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 montivagus is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It is known solely from its type locality in the Chapada Diamantina in the Espinhaço Range.
This frog lives in rock fields and near streams.
The adult male frog measures 25.9 mm to 30.0 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 28.9 to 32.2 mm. Its nose appears round and the eyes and nostrils protrude from the head. The skin of the dorsum is gold in color. There is green coloration on the eyelids and hind legs. All four legs have brown spots. There is a trapezoidal brown intraorbital mark and a dark brown stripe near each eardrum. The belly is whitish and the chest and front legs can be red. The iris of the eye is gray-red with a dark brown pattern.
The tadpole is light yellow in color with gray-brown spots and yellow fins.
Wikipedia contributors, Scinax montivagus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:51:17.642898+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scinax montivagus Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercês & Abreu, 2015
- Name authority
- Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercês & Abreu, 2015
- 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 montivagus Juncá, Napoli, Nunes, Mercês & Abreu, 2015
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 boulengeri (Cope, 1887) | 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 |
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=1100416 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:4VJXW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.