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A Painted Forest Toadlet (Engystomops petersi) in the leaf litter These weird little frogs look like poorly made toads. Engystomops petersi,Geotagged,Peru,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

A Painted Forest Toadlet (Engystomops petersi) in the leaf litter

These weird little frogs look like poorly made toads.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    I re-read your description like three times, thinking you simply find it an ugly toad. Took a while to understand it's not a toad at all lol. Posted 3 years ago
    1. View John Sullivan's profile
      John Sullivan
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      The definition of "toad" is a bit, well, squishy, but these guys are not in the family Bufonidae, the "true toads". Posted 3 years ago

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The Painted Forest Toadlet

"Engystomops petersi" is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is morphologically similar to its sibling species, "Engystomops freibergi", and for a period the latter was considered to be a junior synonym of "Engystomops petersi".

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Uploaded Feb 14, 2022. Captured Jan 23, 2022 19:41 in FR6G+MP Mazán District, Peru.
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  • DC-G9
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.