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La Palma Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium valerioi

Habitat:

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.

Notes:

It is threatened by habitat loss.

1 Species ID Suggestions

BrendanSmith
BrendanSmith 11 years ago
La Palma Glass Frog
Hyalinobatrachium valerioi


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18 Comments

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thank you very much, J!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Lovely spotting!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thank you, Reza! =)

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks, Brendan! I've just added it to the mission =)

BrendanSmith
BrendanSmith 11 years ago

Maybe add this to the mimetic animals mission. The yellow spots on the adults are mimetic of their egg masses and help them to avoid predation. Very cool!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks, Ali!! =)

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

Very Cool!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thank you, Nuwan! =)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

very nice!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Added a new picture.

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks, Mayra! Very cute indeed!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow, so cute!!

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Yes! Two of them (different species) in one night! Thanks for the great comments =)

patty
patty 11 years ago

Wow!!!!!! You could actually see a glass frog (aunque suene raro la expresión, ¿no?) !!!!! WOnDeRfuLl !!!! I love it! =)

Toucan
Toucan 11 years ago

Thanks Lauren! And thanks for the ID and info., Brendan! =)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Beautiful little frog!

BrendanSmith
BrendanSmith 11 years ago

Great series! I don't see any eggs in the photos. The yellow markings are just spots on the frog.

Toucan
Spotted by
Toucan

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013

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