Amphibians at REGUA

Brazil has the highest diversity of frogs and toads in the world, (likely more than 760 species occur) and the Atlantic forest is very important to this group as maybe 40% of the frogs and toads living here are endemic.

The wetlands at REGUA are an important breeding and calling site for many species and many different species can be heard calling from the water and islands at night. The other place to look is in bromeliads as many small tree frog species use these for breeding and calling. There is a particularly high abundance of bromeliads in the Atlantic forest and they can be found growing on many host trees particularly in higher altitudes.


Some of the species I have seen and identified include:

Burmeister's leaf frog (Phyllomedusa burmeisteri)

Two spotted tree frog (Dendropsophus bipunctatus)

Bandeirantes snouted tree frog (Scinax perpusillus)

Haddadus binotatus

 

Cane toad (Rhinella icterica)

 

Creole frog (Leptodactylus latrans)

Hylodes lateristrigatus

 

 

Dendropsophus elegans

Teresopolis tree frog (Aplastodiscus arildae)

Porto Alegre golden-eyed tree frog

 (Trachycephalus mesophaeus)

 

 

 

Gunther's smooth horned frog (Proceratophrys appendiculata)

 

Ischnocnema guentheria

 

I am still working on the identification of many species which I have only seen in their juvenile state which makes them extremely hard to identify.