Amazonian milk frog

Amazonian milk frog

Scientific name: Trachycephalus resinifictrix
In the wild: vulnerable
Jerusalem Zoo: individuals at small animal building
The habitat and distribution of the Amazonian milk-frog are the Tropical rain forests in the Amazon River basin in South-America. They are solitary amphibians with an average size of 9 cm. This amphibian is nocturnal, coming out at night and eats mostly invertebrates. During breeding season the males call the females from within or near water-filled tree-holes. The eggs are then spawned in these holes. To protect themselves milk-frogs secrete sticky, insoluble and poisonous white mucus, which gives them their common name. This species is probably still not endangered, although it has probably been hurt from logging due to its highly arboreal life-style.

(Photo: Shai Ben Ami)

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