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Scinax exiguus (Duellman, 1986)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Scinax

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Ololygon exigua Duellman, 1986, Copeia, 1986: 866. Holotype: KU 167094, by original designation. Type locality: "Km 144 on the El Dorado-Santa Elena de Uairén Road in the Gran Sabana, Estado de Bolívar, Venezuela, 1210 m (05° 53′ N, 61° 23′ W)".

Scinax exigua — Duellman and Wiens, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 151: 22.

Scinax exiguus — Köhler and Böhme, 1996, Rev. Fr. Aquar. Herpetol., 23: 139.

English Names

Gran Sabana Snouted Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 64).

Distribution

Northern part of the Gran Sabana (drainage of the Río Caroní), Estado de Bolívar, Venezuela, at elevations of 1210-1350 m.

Comment

In the Scinax staufferi, according to the original publication. In the Scinax ruber clade, unassigned to group, of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 97. See comments regarding distribution of Venezuelan population by Gorzula and Señaris, 1999 "1998", Scient. Guaianae, 8: 41.

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