
ANI110-00054
A sun glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Durango, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador. Despite its local abundance in several sites and its adaptability to a certain degree of modification, this species faces serious threats due to the destruction of habitat, intensive agriculture and livestock, pollution, use of agrochemicals, mining, urban development.
Keywords
- amphibians
- black background
- captivity
- Centro Jambatu
- Centro Jambatu de Investigacion y Conservacion de Anfibios
- Durango
- ecuador
- Esmeraldas Province
- frogs
- full length
- Green
- Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- quito
- side view
- Spots
- studio shot
- sun glass frog
- vulnerable species
- Yellow
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