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W Rainfrog, Bellavista, Ecuador <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126488/w_rainfrog_-_side_view_bellavista_ecuador.html" title="W Rainfrog - side view, Bellavista, Ecuador"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/126488_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=FohHBHSUtezPbBCPzEHwEMYB6g0%3D" width="200" height="180" alt="W Rainfrog - side view, Bellavista, Ecuador https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126487/w_rainfrog_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> Although it has a darker back, I believe this to be the same species as seen earlier in the same night tour:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126417/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_bellavista_ecuador.html Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Pristimantis w-nigrum,South America,Spring,World,Zurucuchu robber frog" /></a></figure><br /> Although it has a darker back, I believe this to be the same species as seen earlier in the same night tour:<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126417/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_bellavista_ecuador.html" title="W Rainfrog or Zurucuchu robber frog, Bellavista, Ecuador"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/126417_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=iTBf%2ByPnIuGEcDx85F6R%2BgygkLM%3D" width="200" height="182" alt="W Rainfrog or Zurucuchu robber frog, Bellavista, Ecuador The first night tour in our Ecuador trip. Rain frogs, genus Pristimantis, can be very hard to identify for a casual like me. Luckily, Bellavista has a handy plate in the restaurant area that illustrates commonly seen frogs. That made it easy to single out this species, which is distinguished by its black/yellow outlines found all over its body. Despite these markings, it&#039;s still quite variable and likely a species complex.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126419/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_pose_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126418/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_portrait_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126420/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_back_bellavista_ecuador.html Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Pristimantis w-nigrum,South America,Spring,World" /></a></figure> Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Pristimantis w-nigrum,South America,Spring,World,Zurucuchu robber frog Click/tap to enlarge

W Rainfrog, Bellavista, Ecuador

W Rainfrog - side view, Bellavista, Ecuador https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126487/w_rainfrog_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> Although it has a darker back, I believe this to be the same species as seen earlier in the same night tour:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126417/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_bellavista_ecuador.html Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Pristimantis w-nigrum,South America,Spring,World,Zurucuchu robber frog

Although it has a darker back, I believe this to be the same species as seen earlier in the same night tour:

W Rainfrog or Zurucuchu robber frog, Bellavista, Ecuador The first night tour in our Ecuador trip. Rain frogs, genus Pristimantis, can be very hard to identify for a casual like me. Luckily, Bellavista has a handy plate in the restaurant area that illustrates commonly seen frogs. That made it easy to single out this species, which is distinguished by its black/yellow outlines found all over its body. Despite these markings, it's still quite variable and likely a species complex.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126419/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_pose_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126418/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_portrait_bellavista_ecuador.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/126420/w_rainfrog_or_zurucuchu_robber_frog_-_back_bellavista_ecuador.html Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,Pristimantis w-nigrum,South America,Spring,World

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The Zurucuchu robber frog

''Pristimantis w-nigrum'', also known as the Zurucuchu robber frog or w rainfrog is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found on both Pacific and Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. The species is divided to at least eight clades that are genetically highly divergent but morphologically similar; it may be a species complex.

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2021. Captured Nov 6, 2021 21:13 in X8M9+JM Tandayapa, Ecuador.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/14.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm