Common Name: Red Snouted Tree Frog, Two-striped Snouted Tree Frog, Common Snouted Tree Frog, Spotted Agile Frog
Scientific Name: Scinax ruber
Family: Hylidae – Tree Frog family
Location: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
Introduced Location: Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Saint Lucia
Female Size: 1.6 – 1.7 inches (40 – 42 mm)
Male Size: 1.2 -1.5 inches (31 – 37 mm)
The Red Snouted Tree Frog is a nocturnal, arboreal frog. They vary in color from cream, brown, tan, and grey. They live a solitary life besides during the breeding season
The frogs are capable of breeding all year long but mating peaks in the rainy season from November to May. The male frogs call out to attract a female frog from shallow, temporary water bodies. Once the female frog arrives, the male frog grasps her from behind in amplexus. Then, the female lays her eggs and the male fertilizes them. The female frog lays around 590 eggs. After mating, both parents leave their eggs behind, providing no parental care.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assesses the Red Snouted Tree Frog as Least Concern with Extinction due to their wide range and large population. Additionally, there are no current threats to the frog.