Amphibians are our Rainforest Jewels
Rainforest has jewels. Most of these are uncovered after a rainfall. Exciting colors in wildlife are found on amphibians. A Sarapiqui amphibian, frog sp. Hypsiboas rufitelus a stunning nocturnal jewel when rain falls are showering the forest with. In Yatama we have spotted them near bodies of water on leaves and branches. Usually females are larger (52 mm) than males (47mm), their dorsal green lime with dark green to yellow dark spots and digital webbing from orange to bright red and their make this frog a beauty in the jungle. Hypsiboas is one of the representative sarapiqui amphibias.
As soon as the rainy season start they begin calls near swampy areas, rarely we spot them in deep forest with no water bodies.
This species occurs in Eastern Nicaragua to central Panama on the Caribbean slope. In Panama, this species is found in the western cordilleras and western Atlantic lowlands adjacent to southeastern Costa Rica,
This sp is known as red webbed tree frog, from our observation we seeing then share space with sp. Scinax boulengeri also depending in their life cycle stage coloration may vary.
Most amphibians are active at night, when it is cooler and wetter. Contact us for an unique nocturnal amphibians tour.