Trachycephalus macrotis

Trachycephalus macrotis, also known as the Amazonian milk frog and known in Spanish as rana lechera de Pastaza, is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Peru and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 225 and 925 m above sea level.[1][2]

Trachycephalus macrotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Trachycephalus
Species:
T. macrotis
Binomial name
Trachycephalus macrotis
(Andersson, 1945)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyla macrotis Andersson, 1945
  • Trachycephalus macrotis Ron, Venegas, Ortega-Andrade, Gagliardi-Urrutia, and Salerno, 2016

The adult male frog measures 69.8 to 91.5 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 93.9 to 118.7 mm. Its head is wider than it is long. It has bronze-colored skin with coffee-colored marks. It has some webbing on its feet and relatively small climbing disks on its toes.[2]

This frog engages in explosive breeding after heavy rain.[2]

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Trachycephalus macrotis". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. "Trachycephalus macrotis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 24 April 2022.


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