RINKY DINK TREE-FROG Hypsiboas caingua
A slender, flattened tree-frog, this common species is easily identified by its unique voice, a loud RINKY DINK DINKDINK, which resembles a bouncing ping-pong ball. They gather on leaves overhanging water to sing during the breeding season which lasts through until as late as March.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual upperside (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual flash colours (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual underside (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Adult pale form, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Leila K July 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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