Orange-like tree frog, Inírida, Colombia

Found at night on a tee above a shallow stream. Closeup:

comments (9)

John Sullivan

Lion

From the body and head shape, and the small spines on the heels (more visible in the horizontal photo), I'm confident that this is in the genus Hypsiboas. I'm pretty sure that it's Hypsiboas geographicus from the eye color and other color details. Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Hadn't expected an exact identification, very impressive and thank you so much! Posted 8 years ago
2. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  hi John, both our guides are convinced this is a map tree frog too:
  
  Are they really that variable? Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
3. 1. John Sullivan
    
    Lion
    
    They are indeed quite variable in pattern and color. Youngsters are often (but not always) dotted like yours. I suspect it's not fully grown, but I agree with the ID. Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. John Sullivan
      
      Lion
      
      Also note that they have been reclassified yet again. For a long time they were in Hyla, then they were moved to Hypsiboas, and more recently they've been moved to Boana, so the currently most widely accepted scientific name for this species is Boana geographica. (Does JungleDragon have a way to deal with this kind of reclassification?) Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks for verifying, John!
        
        As for a genus move, any species record can be moved to another genus just by editing the species record and setting a new value for the genus field. The other part is renaming the binomial name, this part requires me changing it, just did. Posted 6 years ago
      2. John Sullivan
        
        Lion
        
        Ah, good to know. While you've got Hypsiboas/Boana on your mind, all of the other Hypsiboas species were also moved to Boana. There are several of these in JungleDragon, but for some reason they don't show up when I browse the hierarchy. They do show up when I search for "Hypsiboas", but when I browse down to "Tree Frogs and Allies" I don't see either "Hypsiboas" or "Gladiator Tree Frogs" (the English name for this genus, now transferred to Boana).
        
        The species that need to move here are the following. Note the masculine->feminine ending change for a few of them.
        
        H. albomarginatus -> B. albomarginata
        H. boans -> B. boans
        H. calcaratus -> B. calcarata
        H. cinerascens -> B. cinerascens
        H. crepitans -> B. crepitans
        H. lanciformis -> B. lanciformis
        H. punctatus -> B. punctata
        H. raniceps -> B. raniceps
        H. rosenbergi -> B. rosenbergi Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Wow, that's really strange, those species were grouped in a full hierarchy yet this sub hierarchy being disconnected from the main hierarchy. Thanks so much for reporting, I fixed all of them.
        
        Once challenge I see is that Wikipedia still uses the old names and this may continue to confuse JD and trigger the needless creation of a hierarchy that shouldn't exist. Posted 6 years ago
        
        John Sullivan
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks for fixing that up. That's too bad about Wikipedia still using the old names. It's a sloppy business, trying to keep up with zoological nomenclature, since changes aren't adopted all at once and authorities often disagree. Posted 6 years ago

The Map tree frog

The map tree frog is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant