The Milk Frogs of the Amazon Basin derive their name from the thick white defensive secretions they exude when harassed. Many species inhabit water filled tree holes or other plant held waters (phytotelmata). The Western Amazonian Milk Frog (Trachycephalus cunauaru) ranges through Peru, Ecuador, adjacent Brasil and possibly into nearby Colombia and Venezuela. It deposits eggs in water filled tree holes where they hatch and develop. The hatched tadpoles eat any eggs that haven't hatched as well as any new ones the female deposits. If a tadpole dies, its siblings quickly devour the body anything organic is consumed. Several weeks later, these frogs metamorphose into black and white metamorphic frogs. As they grow up, they grow into the adult coloration. This individual was photographed in the Amazon Basin of Peru, 2019. | |
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