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Scientists from Instituto Peruano de Herpetologia and Florida International University have discovered a new species of treefrog: Scinax pyroinguinis.
Researchers have discovered a new species of treefrog that was found in the middle Ucayli River in Peru. The frog Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. was described from two males that were found in the Amazon rainforest and is only known from the type locality that is threatened by habitat loss caused by wildfire, the researchers said.
Surveys were conducted in the fall of 2022 of a remnant forest that sat in the middle of a burnt area and pastures in the Ucayali River Basin, Amazon Lowlands. The results of the survey revealed two Scinax frog specimens that closely resembled that of frogs of the Scinax rostratus group. The researchers conducted a genetic and morphological analysis of the two frogs and concluded that the frogs are new to science.
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