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DWARF TREE-FROG Dendropsophus nanus
A tiny, tree-frog barely larger than your thumb-nail. Despite their small size they are active all year round, usually perching fairly low in bushy vegetation overhanging water from where males call looking for a mate. This species is easily confused with the Lesser Tree-Frog which is also capable of changing colour, though note the distinctive pattern of the upperparts of that species!
FIGURE 1 - Adult yellow, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual upperside (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual upperside (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Adult brown PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 5 - Same individual upperside (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 6 - Adult singing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
VIDEO - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
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