Scinax rostratus (Peters, 1870)

FAIVOVICH, JULIÁN, HADDAD, CÉLIO F. B., GARCIA, PAULO C. A., FROST, DARREL R., CAMPBELL, JONATHAN A. & WHEELER, WARD C., 2005, Systematic Review Of The Frog Family Hylidae, With Special Reference To Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis And Taxonomic Revision, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (294), pp. 1-240 : 96

Scinax rostratus Group

DIAGNOSIS: Putative morphological synapomorphies of this group include the juxtaposed inner margins of the vomers; overlap of the otic plate of the crista parotica due to a broad otic plate; nonfenestration of the cartilaginous plate of the squamosal with the oblique cartilage; pointed tubercle on heel; absence of the m. extensor brevis distalis digiti II; presence of m. extensor brevis distalis digiti I (pes); discontinuity of lateral margins with the posterior portion of the oral disc; third posterior labial tooth row placed on a labial arm; reduction of the third posterior labial tooth to one­quarter the length of the second row; absence of keratinized spurs behind the lower jaw sheath; and headdown calling position (Faivovich, 2002).

CONTENTS: Nine species. Scinax boulengeri (Cope, 1887) ; Scinax garbei (Miranda­ Ribeiro, 1926); Scinax jolyi (Lescure and Marty, 2001) ; Scinax kennedyi (Pyburn, 1973) ; Scinax nebulosus (Spix, 1824) ; Scinax pedromedinae (Henle, 1991) ; Scinax proboscideus (Brongersma, 1933) ; Scinax rostratus (Peters, 1870) ; Scinax sugillatus (Duellman, 1973) .