Scinax auratus

Scinax auratus
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 marshes, rocky areas, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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