Scinax altae

Scinax altae is a neuweltlicher Froschlurch of the subfamily Hylinae within the family of tree frogs. Within the genus Scinax is the type after Faivovich et al. (2005) counted in the Scinax ruber clade.

Features

Dunn described the species as 25 mm long, gray Froschlurch with white belly, four darker dorsal stripe and long, flat snout. Along the center back another strip is faintly discernible. The Rostralkante ( snout edge ) is rounded and indistinct, the tympanum, the membrane of the ear, measures half the diameter of the eye. Between the eyes a faint dark stain, a dark gray stripe runs from the nostril over the eye to the center of the page. The fingers are not webbed, the toes are equipped to half webbed. The adhesive disc of the third finger is as large as the tympanum, the first finger shorter than the second with a smaller pulley. Arms and legs are uniformly light gray. The throat - sound bubble is very large and extends to the Pectoralfalte. The vomer ( vomer ) is occupied by two small groups of teeth between the nostrils. The skin is finely roughened, the abdomen coarsely wrinkled, the proximal, ie from the fuselage location of the underside of the thighs wrinkled.

According to Leon, the males remain somewhat smaller than females with 27 mm with a head-body length of 26 mm. In 94.5 % of the animals the dorsal stripes are continuous, the thighs are without drawing the lower leg with a dark gray stripes.

Synonyms and taxonomy

The species was first described in 1933 altae of Emmett Reid Dunn Hyla. Juan R. Leon thought he recognized a Panamanian subspecies of Hyla staufferi in her Hyla staufferi altae Dunn. Duellman & Wiens (1992 ) they found in the genus Scinax. In 2001, she told Duellman to independently Art

Dissemination

This species is endemic to Panama and lives in the Pacific lowlands, the Azuero Peninsula and Central Panama.

Habitat and Ecology

Scinax altae lives in dry forests and savannas, but is also found in artificial habitats. He probably propagates in temporary waters. The reputation described Dunn as hard and after whark sounding. At Summit ( Panama Canal Zone ), Dunn wrote, produced Scinax altae along with other frog species, the most bizarre, confusing and ohrenbetäubendste frog concert that he had ever heard.

Endangering

The IUCN lists Scinax altae as " not at risk " (Least Concern ), although its potential distribution area is estimated by a calculation to less than 20 000 sq. km. However, the species is common in many places, adapts quite well to the people and the total population is sufficiently large estimated with a stable trend, so that the editor consider it unlikely that the populations of the species can lose weight quickly enough to a higher to justify the degree of danger. Scinax altae comes at least in a conservation area before ( Parque Nacional Altos de Campana ). Main threats to the species represent the expansion of infrastructure and water pollution dar.