amphibian

Tadpoles of the Tobago Glass Frog - reptilenesia

A metamorph of the Tobago Glass Frog. Description of  Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense The Tobago glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium orient...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Additional evidence for Phyllomedusa trinitatus being distinct from P. tarsius - reptilenesia

Phyllomedusa trinitatis. JCM The Tarsier Leaf Frog (family Phyllomedusidae), was described as Pithecopus tarsius by Cope in 1868. It is foun...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

The frog Leptodactylus nesiotus is no longer endemic to Trinidad - reptilenesia

Leptodactylus nesiotus from Trinidad. Photo by Renoir Auguste. As of 2014, the island of Trinidad was known to have four species of endemic...

reptilenesia 1 Jul, 2021

Tracking Trinidad's Treefrogs - Reptilenesia

Leaf nesting frog ( Phyllomedusa trinitatis ) from Trinidad. Photo by Renoir Auguste One of the fundamental aspects of assessing the ecology...

reptilenesia 21 Jun, 2021

Tadpole cannibalism in Trinidad - reptilenesia

Trinidad stream frog ( Mannophryne trinitatis ) feeding on its conspecific. Photo by Renoir Auguste The idea of cannibalism brings thoughts ...

reptilenesia 21 Jun, 2021

Tracking the Himalayan history from the evolution of hundreds of frogs, lizards and snakes - Reptilenesia

IMAGE:  The Himalaya and representative amphibians and reptiles. view more  Credit: @Science China Press The Himalaya are am...

reptilenesia 20 Jun, 2021

Frogs being eaten by spiders - Reptilenesia

Spider ( Ancylometes bogotensis ) with its captured frog ( Leptodactylus validus ) in Trinidad. Photo by Renoir Auguste. Spiders appear to f...

reptilenesia 9 Jun, 2021

A frog in Trinidad glows in the dark - reptilenesia

Polka-dot treefrog ( Boana punctata ) as seen under flashlight (left) and under UV light (right), Trinidad. Photos by Renoir Auguste (left) ...

reptilenesia 20 Jul, 2021

Small headed Treefrog, Dendropsophus microcephalus

Hyla microcephala  Cope, 1886:281. Syntypes: USNM 13473 (2 specimens), presumed lost. Hyla microcephala  Boulenger, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. L...

reptilenesia 6 Feb, 2022

Knudsen’s Thin-toed Frog, Leptodactylus knudseni (Leptodactylidae)

Specimen from Suriname Leptodactylus knudseni is widely distributed in the greater Amazon basin from Bolivia and Brazil north to Colombia, ...

reptilenesia 8 Feb, 2022