This common frog was another of the few teasers we saw on a night of road-cruising near Iquitos prior to our proper Amazonian adventure.

Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

Scinax ruber comes in a wide assortment of patterns and colors, just to make identification more interesting.

While most of our group was still enjoying the fine home-made rum at this tiny distillery along the river, Matt Cage, Kevin Messenger, and I were poking around for miscellaneous herps. Either Matt or Kevin uncovered this little treefrog, which Matt identified as Scinax ruber based on the faint traces of stripes down its back.

Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

I believe that the larger, darker frog is an adult female Scinax ruber and the smaller, yellower frog a couple of plants away is an adult male Scinax ruber. I didn't wait around long enough to see whether they would ever meet.

This is quite probably the least interesting treefrog I saw in 2016. Also, my camera lens was fogged up at the time, so the colors and contrast are all off. Still, any treefrog is better than no treefrog at all.