We had another surprise in the form of this little Leptodactylid frog. Looks a lot like a Ceratophrys. Rainer Schulte, who was with me when I found it, said he had never seen anything like it before.
Atelopus spumarius is reasonably common...
And we also found a Hemiphractus scutatus...
There is also a good variety of Bufo/Rhinella typhonius/margaritifer type toads...
These is also quite a variety of other frog species in this location as well:
Dendrobates duellmani
Denrobates flavovittatus
Dendrophryniscus minutus
Phyllobates trivittatus
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This toad is a new species of Rhinella spp.
It was discovered in the area of Yavari in 2003.
It's new to science and currently being described by
M. Hoogmoed
From the field work in Nov 2003.
We recorded at least three species in the
Bufo typhonius complex, including what may be Bufo
margaritifer. A fourth species, resembling B. dapsilis,
is new to science and currently being described by
M. Hoogmoed (pers. comm.). This taxon (Bufo sp. nov.
“Pinocchio”), remarkable for its velvety skin and long
“nose”, was one of the most common amphibians at the
Quebrada Buenavista site (Figure 5B).
See the link below.
http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/rbi/pdfs/peru11/per11_entire.pdf
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