Dendropsophus haraldschultzi
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Many-lined Treefrog
This species was placed in the large genus Hyla until a major revision of that genus in 2005.
This photo languished for ten years in my backlog of photos of unidentified animals. At the time I took it, I had no references for the area that included any frogs that looked like this, and it didn't remind me enough of any frogs I had ever seen to nudge me in the right direction. But I happened to see the photo again in early 2016 and immediately recognized it as this species, which I had since seen several times in Peru.
The series of thin longitudinal stripes make this smallish treefrog relatively easy to identify. This is the only individual I saw in Peru.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
This stripey little treefrog and its colorful grasshopper friend (prey?) were sharing a plant with a small colony of Dendropsophus brevifrons.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
These little treefrogs have a very distinctive shape. They look like ordinary little treefrogs that have been stretched about 10% on a medieval torture rack.
My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2016 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Rodríguez, L. O. and Duellman, W. E. 1994. Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru