Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scinax trapicheiroi: distribution extension

Scinax trapicheiroi, assigned by Faivovich et al. (2005) to the group of Scinax catharinae, is a small tree frog from the coastal mountains in the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro and Marica, and also from Ilha Grande, at the municipality of Angra dos Reis, all localities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Carvalho-e-Silva and Carvalho-eSilva 1994, Rico et al. 2004, Van Sluys et al. 2006) (Figure 1). The species is identified due to its size (25-30 mm), vomerine teeth in two short, rounded, almost contiguous groups between the choanae, disks very wide and short, eyes prominent, nostrils raised, snout projecting, dorsal pattern of the adults and color of concealed surfaces deeper than related species (Lutz 1954) (Figure 2).