Trachycephalus typhonius
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Common Milk Frog
Also known as:
Veined Treefrog, Pepper Treefrog, Veined Milk Frog, Vein-eyed Glue Frog, Veined Frog, Warty Treefrog
This species has had a particularly convoluted taxonomic history. You'll often see it referred to as Phrynohyas venulosa or Trachycephalus venulosus. In 2010, Lavilla et al published a work of taxonomic detective work that resulted in the species name T. typhonius.
This species can be distinguished from its close relative the Amazon Milk Frog by its coloration and its crazy eye pattern.
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.
In two previous visits to this reserve I had seen none of these frogs, but on this trip I saw two. This second one was perched very close to where the first one had been three nights earlier. At first glance I thought it might be the same individual frog, but a closer look shows that it has several minor differences, most obviously in the eye pattern.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Campbell, J. A. 1998. Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
- Lee, J. C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula
- Lee, J. C. 2000. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World
- Rodríguez, L. O. and Duellman, W. E. 1994. Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru
- Savage, J. M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica