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Description:
Males
37-44 mm., females 41-54 mm. This moderate-size green treefrog
has finely granular dorsal skin, sometimes with minute red or
gold flecks at night; the snout is bluntly round. The venter is
nearly transparent pale green; hidden surfaces are green, usually
with a bluish tint. The iris is cream, with a golden ring around
the horizontally elliptical pupil and bright blue border around
the rim. Breeding males have a spine on the thumbs.
Ecology
Habitat:
arboreal , found in varzea (flooded) forest.
Niche:
carnivorous: prey includes insects and any small creatures it
can catch.
Life History:
This arboreal, nocturnal frog is rarely observed far from permanent
water. Males typically call from leaves covered by other leaves.
The call is 2-4 notes, "boop-boop-boop", produced at
a rate of 14-40 notes per minute. Clutches of about 840 green
eggs, 1.6 mm in diameter are laid in water in forest ponds. Tadpoles
are slender with a total length of about 30 mm. The body is wider
than deep with a broad snout; the eyes are large, almost dorsal
but directed laterally.
Status:
Uncommon. In the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo area it is
found in flooded forest along the Tahuayo River, and blackwater
lakes in the Amazon-Tahuayo floodplain.
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