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The Amazon River frog ( Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad ), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil. [2]
Phyllomedusa bicolor, the giant leaf frog, bicolor tree-frog, giant monkey frog, [2] or waxy-monkey treefrog, [3] is a species of leaf frog.It can be found in the Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia (), Bolivia, and Peru, and can also be found in the Guianan Region of Venezuela and the Guianas, and in Cerrado of the state of Maranhão in Brazil.
Synonyms. Phrynohyas resinifictrix. The Mission golden-eyed tree frog[ 2] or Amazon milk frog ( Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America. It is sometimes referred to as the blue milk frog due to a sticky, milk-like substance that they produce when feeling threatened.
Ayarzagüena, Señaris & Gorzula, 1993 [1] Diversity. See text ) Tepuihyla, commonly known as Amazon tree frogs or Tepui tree frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in mountains of eastern and south-eastern Venezuela and Guyana, and likely in adjacent Brazil. [2] A tepui is a table-top mountain characteristic of the Guiana ...
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The Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), also known as Amazonian horned frog, is a bulky frog measuring up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) found in the northern part of South America. It has an exceptionally wide mouth, and has horn-like projections above its eyes. Females lay up to 1,000 eggs at a time, and wrap them around aquatic plants.
Glass frog. The glass frogs belong to the amphibian family Centrolenidae ( order Anura ), native to the Central American Rainforests. The general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent and translucent, giving the glass frog its common name.
Tree frog. A tree frog (or treefrog) is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. [ 1] Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia suborder have given rise to treefrogs, although they are not closely related to each other. Millions of years of convergent evolution have resulted in ...