Scinax quinquefasciatus (Fowler, 1913)

Cuadrado, Stefania S., Loor, Yelsin A. & Narváez, Andrea E., 2020, Herpetofauna of Engabao, Playas Canton, Ecuador, with notes on the occurrence of Ceratoprhys stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1882), Check List 16 (3), pp. 665-674 : 670

Scinax quinquefasciatus (Fowler, 1913)

Material examined. ECUADOR, province of Guayas, Playas Canton, Engabao • (5 ♂) ; identified and located by calls heard close to a waterbody near abundant vegetation; 02°36′49″S, 080°26′28″W; 12 m a.s.l; 29 Mar. 2019; Stefania S. Cuadrado, Yelsin A. Loor leg.; Audio 8 (re- corded by Samsung J7 Neo phone; App Voice Recorder) (Supplemental material, Audio file 1).

Identification. This is a medium-sized frog with a SVL of 27.6–38.9 mm. It has a light- or dark-brown dorsum and cream venter. There are abundant tubercles on the

back and differs from Scinax tsachila which has no tubercles on the back and by the visibility of the calf bones visible through the skin ( Read et al. 2019).

Between 17:30 and 21:30, this species was only found near the pond at site B, where an auditory recording was made.

Distribution. This species is distributed in the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador ( Frost 2016). In Ecuador, it is found in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Manabí, Los Ríos, Guayas, Cañar, and El Oro ( Ron 2018).