The Polka-dot Treefrog (Boana punctata), with its rattle-like call, is a typical swamp inhabitant throughout the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraguay, and Parana basins - as well as its presence on Trinidad and Tobago. These frogs do just fine in highly disturbed habitat. Owing to this character, this species is often the first frog folks see with a trip to the tropics in South America and a walk down the road. The species often calls from roadside ditches, water impoundments with grassy edges in town, and even from open cattle pastures with rainwater pools. They like grassy wetlands. The shift in color from day to evening can be dramatic with this frog, and adults are typically lime-sherbet green with bright yellow polka-dots by day, becoming nearly all red by night. This specimen was photographed in Amazonian Peru in 2017. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Fenolio, Dante |
Taille de l’image : | 5493 px × 3611 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |