Boana cinerascens
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Rough-skinned Green Treefrog
Also known as:
Demerara Falls Treefrog, Glass Frog, Rough-skinned Green Glass Treefrog, Eye-ring Bush Frog
This species was placed in the large genus Hyla until a major revision of that genus in 2005. It is known as Hyla granosa in some older references. It was then placed in the genus Hypsiboas until 2017.
These frogs are easy to identify, with their solid green color, rough skin, evenly-spaced little yellow dots, and blue rings around their goo-goo-googly eyes.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Their translucent skin in certain lighting conditions has caused these frogs to sometimes be referred to as "Glass Frogs", though they are not closely related to the Centrolenidae family of frogs that are also known as Glass Frogs.
This neon sign of a treefrog was sleeping by day on a broad leaf (as shown) just over a thin trickle of a stream. I'm not sure it fully grasps the idea of camouflage.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
This healthy-looking, full-sized treefrog was the proud possessor of only one eye. That certainly didn't seem to have damaged its prospects any.
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