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For the whole month of July this year I traveled to Bolivia. Since it wast the dry, winter season I saw very few herps. A few frogs including my first glass frogs ever. I have found very little available information on Bolivian frog ID's so I was hoping some forum members might help. All photos are north of Santa Ana del Yacuma in the Beni Department, Bolivia. What the trip lacked in herps it more than made up for in birds.

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ImageBolivian frog ID needed by photographerp, on Flickr
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Hyalinobatrachium carlesvillai?
ImageBolivian Frog ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Frog ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr
ImageBolivian Frog ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Toad ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Frog ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Snake ID needed by photographerp, on Flickr
ImageBolivian Snake ID needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Turtle ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Turtle ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr

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ImageBolivian Toad ID Needed by photographerp, on Flickr


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It would help if you included the photos rather than the thumbnails. Take the _s off the URLs.

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I am no expert on Bolivian herps and didn't bother clicking all the thumbnails to see the larger photos, but

Number 7 is Leptodeira. It looks like L. annulata, but I don't know the species of Leptodeira in Bolivia.
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Number 10 looks like Rhinella marina.
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Frogs 3 and 4 are some species of Leptodactylus.
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Number 10 might be Bufo schneideri - I found the species in Paraguay and would never be able to distinguish it from marinus if I saw them side-by-side.
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I also thought Leptodeira annulata for number 7, but am unfamiliar with ranges in Bolivia.

Number 8 is either Phrynops geoffroanus or tuberosus. tuberosus was a subspecies of geoffroanus until recently and I am not sure how to tell them apart. Again I am unsure of range.

Number nine is a Podocnemis sp. I will guess unifilis but maybe its expansa. I have not seen enough to be able to tell at a glance. Broken record- not sure of ranges.

Number 2 is not Hyalinobatrachium. I am almost positive it is Hypsiboas punctatus.

I also agree it would be nice to have the full size pics posted here.

Thanks for posting. It certainly beats the winters around here!
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Link is fixed to show larger size. Sorry about that.
Does anyone know good resources for Bolivian herpetofauna?
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For the southern (Chaco) part of Bolivia, there will be a lot of overlap with Paraguay (http://faunaparaguay.com/)
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Kfen is correct, Number 2 are not Hyalinobatrachium, they are Hypsiboas punctatus (Spotted Treefrogs).
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Paul Freed wrote:Kfen is correct, Number 2 are not Hyalinobatrachium, they are Hypsiboas punctatus (Spotted Treefrogs).
-Paul
Thanks to both of you! Those were my favorite herp finds of the trip!
Josh Holbrook wrote:For the southern (Chaco) part of Bolivia, there will be a lot of overlap with Paraguay (http://faunaparaguay.com/)
Awesome. According to this page, Species 1 might be a Dendropsophus sp.
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Just looked at some of my turtle references, and number 8 is definitely geoffroanus by range. Tuberosus is not found in Bolivia.
That would have been my highlight for the trip.

After looking at a bunch of pics, turtle 9 looks still looks more like P. unifilis and not expansa, due to the possible keel that I think I see. Do you have any other pics of it?

I love your photo of the caiman sticking its head out of the water surrounded by plants.

According to this website:
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ad ... mit=Search
the only Leptodeira in Bolivia is annulata

Not sure if you know about this website, but you can try to id your other frogs here:
http://amphibiaweb.org/
It is a pretty amazing and comprehensive resource.
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Kfen wrote:Just looked at some of my turtle references, and number 8 is definitely geoffroanus by range. Tuberosus is not found in Bolivia.
That would have been my highlight for the trip.
Yep, that appears to be it! Thanks. I'm not much of a turtle guy so the Hypsiboas punctatus were my highlight because they were my first glass frog.
Kfen wrote:After looking at a bunch of pics, turtle 9 looks still looks more like P. unifilis and not expansa, due to the possible keel that I think I see. Do you have any other pics of it?
I have quite a few more photos of this species. It was very common. The problem is, most are blurrier than this. If you want to email me I can send you files if you're willing to look at them.
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Disagree with the I.D. of the Rhinella. I believe that is a Rhinella schneideri not marina; AKA as Schneider's or Roccoco Toad. Found in Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile. I don't think marina ranges that far south.
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Just to be clear, when you stated:

"I'm not much of a turtle guy so the Hypsiboas punctatus were my highlight because they were my first glass frog."

Those are Hylids (treefrogs) and NOT Glass Frogs (Centrolinidae).

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Paul Freed wrote:Just to be clear, when you stated:

"I'm not much of a turtle guy so the Hypsiboas punctatus were my highlight because they were my first glass frog."

Those are Hylids (treefrogs) and NOT Glass Frogs (Centrolinidae).

-Paul
Way to burst the bubble. But that's good, I would rather know the true identity. Either way I could see right through their bellies and that's what I wanted really.
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