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The Brazilian gold frog (Brachycephalus didactylus), also known as Izecksohn's toad [3] or flea-frog, [1] is a very small species of frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and is known from the central part of the state of Rio de Janeiro and from Serra das Torres in extreme southern Espírito Santo .
The first Brachycephalus pulex specimens were found between December 2009 and July 2010 in the Serra Bonita mountain range in the Camacan and Pau Brasil municipalities of Bahia, Brazil. In January 2011, Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli , Ulisses Caramaschi , Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz & Iuri Ribeiro Dias described Brachycephalus pulex as a new ...
The Mission golden-eyed tree frog [2] or Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America. It is sometimes referred to as the blue milk frog due to a sticky, milk-like substance that they produce when feeling threatened.
They’d discovered a new species: Scinax juruena, or the Juruena snouted tree frog. Juruena snouted tree frogs are considered “small,” reaching just over 1 inch in length, researchers said.
Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding more light on the rich diversity of life forms in the region.. The ...
A study of tadpole abundance in the Atlantic Forest habitats of southern Brazil only found two groups of B. prasina tadpoles in 25 breeding sites observed, of about 70 individuals each. [3] Although the 25 breeding sites were evenly distributed between ponds and streams, the B. prasina tadpoles were only found living in streams.
During their surveys, researchers found 17 “pumpkin”-colored frogs, the study said. Other scientists had encountered these frogs before but no one had studied them in depth.
Surinam horned frog: northern part of South America Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980: Cranwell's horned frog: Gran Chaco region of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. Ceratophrys joazeirensis Mercadal de Barrio, 1986: Joazeiro horned frog: Brazil. Ceratophrys ornata (Bell, 1843) Argentine horned frog: Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.