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Giant Monkey Frog, Giant Leaf Frog, Waxy-monkey Treefrog

Phyllomedusa bicolor

Photo by Irene Brady
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Nearly five inches long, this giant frog doesn't hop, but instead climbs around in trees and shrubs like a monkey, hence the name. This is a nocturnal, arboreal frog and because it spends most of its time out of water, its skin has a waxy coating to conserve water. They began to call just after dark "bwack! bwack!"

Habitat:

These lived in trees a few yards from the Amazon River, at night they were scrambling around in shrub, calling.

Notes:

check out this giant monkey frog song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf13yiXrf5Q

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