Dendropsophus marmoratus
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Marbled Treefrog
Also known as:
Neotropical Marbled Treefrog
This species was formerly named Hyla marmorata, and many references still use that name.
These ornately patterned amplexing frogs were about seven feet off the ground, right next to the Santa Cruz facility's kitchen building. They were too high for me to get a very good photo, but it would have been quite rude to disturb these frogs in their private moment, so I had to settle for this photo.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
These treefrogs sport orange or red-fringed bellies bespeckled with black. From above they look like modern art. Or perhaps bird poop.
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.
Online references:
- Dendropsophus marmoratus account on AmphibiaWeb
- Dendropsophus marmoratus account on Amphibian Species of the World
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