Scarthyla goinorum
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Tarauaca Snouted Treefrog
Also known as:
Slender Treefrog, Madre de Dios Treefrog
Scarthyla ostinodactyla was synonymized with this species by De la Riva in 2000.
While waiting for the group of evening hikers to gather, I wandered around the edges of the clearing at Madre Selva, looking for frogs on the bushes. I found several species that I had seen on previous trips before spotting this one. I recognized it as something I hadn't seen before, but only got this one handheld poorly focused photo before it hopped away into the foliage.
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
- 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