Amphibians of Peru
Amazon Milk Frog - Trachycephalus venulosus
Nobles Pygmy Frog - Noblella pygmaea by Alessandro Catenazzi
New frog species - Hyla antoniiochoai
Frogs
There are about 380 species of frogs in Peru (based on
this search at the Amphibian
Species of the World website). It is easy to see a few species on night hikes in the lowland rain forest
areas in Tambopata, Manu or Iquitos. 10 new frog species have been discovered over the past 2 years in the cloud forests of the Peruvian Andes.
- Some nice photos of frogs in Acjanaco, Upper Manu area by Alessandro Catenazzi.
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- Frog photographs from the Iquitos region by Devin Edmonds.
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Some frog species:
- Monkey frog - Phyllomedusa bicolor
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- Treefrog - Hyla rhodopepla
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- Three-striped Poison Dart Frog - Epipedobates trivittatus
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Salamanders
- Nauta Mushroomtongue Salamander - Bolitoglossa altamazonica
- Rio Santa Rosa Salamander - Bolitoglossa digitigrada
- Peru Mushroomtongue Salamander - Bolitoglossa peruviana
Caecilians
Family Caeciliaidae
- Caecilia disossea
- Caecilia gracilis
- Caecilia tentaculata
- Oscaecilia bassleri
- Oscaecilia koepckeorum
- Siphonops annulatus
Audio
Frogs of Tambopata,
Peru (CD)
Amphibian Articles
- Pygmy frog (Nobles Pygmy Frog) discovered in Peru, by Edgar Lehr and Alessandro Catenazzi, March 2009.
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- New Treefrog Found at Wayquechas Research Station - Hyla antoniiochoai by Juan Carlos
Chaparro. A second specimen was found in 2006, confirming the existence of the new species.
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- Checklist of the Amphibians Inhabiting the Iquitos Region, Loreto, Peru by William W. Lamar,
1998. It includes 165 species of frogs, 4 salamanders and 17 caecilians.
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