Reptiles and Amphibians of Amazonian Ecuador

The following photos were taken during an 11 day stint by AERGers at the Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon (July 2003).


Lizards

Scincidae

Black Spotted Skink
(Mabuya nigropunctata)

Polychrotidae

Green Forest Anole
(Anolis punctatus)

Common Forest Anole
(Anolis trachyderma)

Banded Tree Anole
(Anolis transversalis)

Slender Anole
(Anolis fuscoauratus)

Yellow-tongued Forest Anole
(Anolis nitens schypheus)

Tropiduridae

Collared Tree Runner
(Tropidurus plica)

Tropidurus umbra

Hoploceridae

Amazon Wood Lizard
(Enyalioides laticeps)

Teiidae

Forest Whiptail
(Kentropyx pelviceps)

Gymnophthalmidae

Common Forest Lizard
(Leposoma parietale)

Streamside Lizard
(Neusticurus ecpleopus)

White-striped Lizard
(Prionodactylus oshaugnessyi)

Black-bellied Lizard
(Alopoglossus angulatus)

Black-bellied Lizard
(Alopoglossus angulatus)
in breeding colour

Gekkonidae

Bridled Day Gecko
(Gonatodes humeralis - male)

Bridled Day Gecko
(Gonatodes humeralis - female)

Collared Day Gecko
(Gonatodes concinnatus - male)

Turnip-tailed Gecko
(Thecadactylus rapicaudata)

Snakes


Boidae

Amazon Tree Boa
(Corallus enhydris)

Colubridae

Common Whipsnake
(Chironius carinatus)

Long-tailed Whipsnake
(Chironius multiventris)

Ornate Snaileater
(Dipsas catesbyi)

Amazon Eggeater
(Drepanoides_anomalus)

Common Glossy Racer
(Drymoluber_dichrous)

Banded Neotropical Watersnake
(Helicops angulatus)

Blunt-headed Tree Snake
(Imantoides cenchoa cenchoa)

Common Cat-eye
(Leptodeira annulata)

Red Vine Snake
(Tripanurgos compressus)

Unidentified Earth Snake
(Atractus sp.)

Banded Snail-sucker
(Tropidodipsas sartorii)

Crocodiles


Crocodylidae

Dwarf Caiman
(Paleosuchus palpebrosus)

Black Caiman
(Caiman niger)

Spectacled Caiman
(Caiman crocodilus)

Turtles


Testudinidae

Yellow-footed Tortoise
(Geochelone denticulata)

Yellow-spotted Sideneck
(Podocnemis unifilis)

Frogs

Bufonidae

Bufo sp1

Bufo sp2

Bufo sp3

Centrolenidae

Amazonian Glass Frog
(Cochranella midas)

Dendrobatidae

Hahnels Poison Frog
(Epipedobates hahneli)

Epipedobates bilinguis

Ucayali Rocket Frog
(Colostethus sp. aff. marchesianus)

Leptodactylidae

Adenomera andreae

Eyelashed Forest Frog
(Edalorhina perezi)

Elutherodactylus acuminatus

Striped-Throat Rainfrog
(Elutherodactylus lanthanites)

Malkins Rainfrog
(Elutherodactylus malkini)

Peruvian Rainfrog
(Elutherodactylus peruvianus)

Big-headed Rainfrog
(Ischnocnema quixiensis)

Antnest Rainfrog
(Leptodactylus croceoinguinus)

Smokey Jungle Frog
(Leptodactylus pentadactylus)

Red-lipped Jungle Frog
(Leptodactylus rhodomystax)

Black-thighed Jungle Frog
(Leptodactylus stenoderma)

Painted Antnest Frog
(Lithodytes lineatus)

Painted Forest Toadlet
(Physalaemus petersi)

Dark-blotched Whistling Frog
(Vanzolinius discodactylus)

Hylidae

Gladiator Treefrog
(Hyla boans)

Map Treefrog
(Hyla geographica)

Hyla geographica (juvenile)

Hyla geographica (juvenile)

Convict Treefrog
(Hyla calcarata)

Convict Treefrog
(Hyla calcarata)

Hyla granosa

Hyla marmorata

Rocket Treefrog
(Hyla lanciformes - juvenile)

Rocket Treefrog
(Hyla lanciformis)

Clown Treefrog
(Hyla triangulum)

Clown Treefrog
(Hyla triangulum)

Osteocephalus cf. buckleyi

Osteocephalus cf. buckleyi

Osteocephalus taurinus

Hyla albopunctulata

Microhylidae

Chiasmocleis bassleri

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