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Hammer Frog

Hypsiboas faber

Description:

Hypsiboas faber is a species of South American tree frog, family Hylidae. These frogs measure about 10 cm in length, having yellow-brownish, dark dorsal line and with transverse thighs.

Habitat:

Brazil's interior. Species very common here.

Notes:

Again, if some friend is thinking that the species is not correct, please feel free to contest. I'm not a biologist! Here you can see why she has this name: http://amphibiaweb.org/sounds/Hypsiboas_... ;)

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15 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Lovely guy is sleeping...
http://www.kwet.de/img/album/rio_grande/...
Common name would also be Blacksmith Tree Frog, in German the same (Schmied), according to the sound ;-)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmith_...

RohmanAugusto
RohmanAugusto 10 years ago

Is the eyes open or close?

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Thank you, Reza!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Awesome !

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Thank you so much, Maria and Landmark!!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

whoa. awesome eyes!

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Nice shot!

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Thank you, KarenL! Yes, this kind of link may work well for birds too!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Lovely frog & great link!

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Thank you so much, my friends. I highly appreciate your feedback! Thank you! ;)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Nice shot!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful frog! Love it's eyes...

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 years ago

Que Linda!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 10 years ago

Lindo!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Nice shot Leonardo.

Leonardo Castro
Spotted by
Leonardo Castro

ES, Brazil

Spotted on Sep 13, 2013
Submitted on Sep 13, 2013

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