Scinax auratus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Scinax |
Species: | S. auratus |
Binomial name | |
Scinax auratus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) |
Scinax auratus is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, rocky areas, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.