Amazophrynella amazonicola
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no known English name
This species was split from Amazophrynella minuta in 2015.
This long-legged toadlet was no more than a half inch long. Its dark body was hard to spot as it hopped about on the mostly dark forest floor at night. I first thought it was a tiny Rhinella "margaritifera", but its extra-long hops (for such a tiny thing) gave it away as something different.
The second individual I've ever seen was 6 years later, in similar habitat at the same reserve.
Online references:
- Amazophrynella amazonicola account on AmphibiaWeb
- Rommel R. Rojas, Vinícius Tadeu de Carvalho, Robson W. Ávila, Izeni Pires Farias, Marcelo Gordo & Tomas Hrbek, 2015. Two new species of Amazophrynella (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Loreto, Peru
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
- Rodríguez, L. O. and Duellman, W. E. 1994. Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru