Boana calcarata
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Convict Treefrog
Also known as:
Troschel’s Treefrog
This species was until 2017 placed in the genus Hypsiboas.
These large frogs earned their English name of "Convict Treefrogs" via their prison-outfit-striped sides.
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.
The "calcarata" part of this frog's scientific name refers to the prominently pointy heels.
On previous trips I had seen either zero or one of these frogs, but this time I saw a bunch. Here is the first, greeting me on my first night at Santa Cruz Forest Reserve.
I guess these are three males trying to attract females, but I'm not sure.
This one wanted to pose for a close-up, so I obliged.
This is not a graceful pose but hey, it works.
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