Boana calcarata
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Convict Treefrog
Also known as:
Troschel’s Treefrog
This species was until 2017 placed in the genus Hypsiboas.
These large frogs earned their English name of "Convict Treefrogs" via their prison-outfit-striped sides.
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.
The "calcaratus" part of this frog's scientific name refers to the prominently pointy heels.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
- Rodríguez, L. O. and Duellman, W. E. 1994. Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru