Amphibian
Amphibian
Red-snouted Treefrog
Scinax ruber
The Red-snouted Treefrog is a slender, adaptable treefrog common around Trinidad's gardens, ponds, and forest edges, recognisable by its pointed snout and the reddish-brown wash often present on its head.
The Red-snouted Treefrog is a slender, adaptable treefrog common around Trinidad's gardens, ponds, and forest edges, recognisable by its pointed snout and the reddish-brown wash often present on its head.
Identification
A medium-sized treefrog around 4 to 6 cm long, with variable colouration from tan to reddish-brown, often showing a darker, pointed snout that gives the species its common name, and large adhesive toe pads typical of treefrogs. Pattern and colour intensity can change somewhat with temperature and activity.
Behaviour
Highly adaptable, breeding in almost any body of standing water including garden ponds, ditches, and temporary puddles, where males call from vegetation at the water's edge with a harsh, buzzing call. By day it shelters in leaf axils, under bark, or in other moist retreats, becoming active and vocal after dark, especially following rain.
Status in T&T
Common and widespread across Trinidad in gardens, forest edge, and disturbed habitats with access to standing water. Not threatened, and one of the most adaptable frogs to human-modified landscapes. It is protected as native wildlife under the Conservation of Wildlife Act.
