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title: "Lesser Snouted Tree Frog"
description: "Scinax nasicus — Anfibi. Scinax nasicus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lesser-snouted-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Snouted Tree Frog

> Scinax nasicus — Anfibi. Scinax nasicus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

- Scientific name: *Scinax nasicus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `grassland` (Prati e campi), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `urban` (Città e giardini), `farm` (Fattoria), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1137
- Wikidata: [Q140143](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140143)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24279](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24279)

## Names

- en: Lesser Snouted Tree Frog
- de: Nasen-Knickzehenlaubfrosch
- es: Ranita hocicuda lisa

## Countries with the most observations

AR (491), BR (114), UY (66), BO (41), PY (38)

## Summary

Scinax nasicus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scinax_nasicus

## Photo

![Lesser Snouted Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-snouted-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193256816

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-snouted-tree-frog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).