Appearance
The white-lipped frog is a terrestrial smooth-bodied frog which passes through a tadpole stage. The tadpoles are brown colored, reaching about 1.5 inches in length. "L. albilabris" can be recognized by its white upper lip, webless fingers and toes, black streak between the eyes and the tip of the snout and between eye and shoulder. In general, adults grow to 1.4 inches in snout-vent length, but like other Puerto Rican frogs the body size increases with elevation and adults of a snout-vent length greater than 2.0 inches are not rare in the higher regions of the El Yunque National Forest. Individuals have a grayish brown background color with dorsal lines and bands of various shades of brown, cream, and reddish brown. It is white ventrally, and some males have many dark spots on the throat. Its voice is a "pink-pink-pink" sound usually heard from a muddy area.Naming
Its local name is ranita de labio blanco or sapito de labio blanco and English name either Gunther's white-lipped frog or Hispaniolan ditch frog.Distribution
It is found in the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.Habitat
This frog can usually be found in muddy areas near streams, marshes and ditches.References:
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