NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Red Snouted Treefrog
Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)
Source-backed taxonomic record
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.
Scinax ruber photographed by Brian Gratwicke
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Scinax ruber; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:01:37.681726+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)
- Name authority
- (Laurenti, 1768)
- Common name
- Red Snouted Treefrog
- 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 ruber (Laurenti, 1768)
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla conirostris Peters, 1863 Peters, 1863 | synonym |
| Hyla lateristriga Spix, 1824 Spix, 1824 | synonym |
| Ololygon alleni (Cope, 1870) (Cope, 1870) | synonym |
| Ololygon rubra (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Phyllomedusa cryptanthus (Cope, 1874) (Cope, 1874) | synonym |
| Scytopis alleni Cope, 1870 Cope, 1870 | synonym |
| Hyla lineomaculata Werner, 1899 Werner, 1899 | synonym |
| Hyla rubra Laurenti, 1768 Laurenti, 1768 | synonym |
| Scinax alleni (Cope, 1870) (Cope, 1870) | synonym |
| Auletris rubra (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Dendrohyas rubra (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Hyla robersimoni Donoso-Barros, 1965 Donoso-Barros, 1965 | synonym |
| Scinax rubra (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Scytopis cryptanthus Cope, 1874 Cope, 1874 | synonym |
| Scytopis ruber (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Calamita ruber (Laurenti, 1768) (Laurenti, 1768) | synonym |
| Hyla rubra huebneri Melin, 1941 Melin, 1941 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=662814 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.
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:4VJYX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.