REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF IQUITOS, PERU
Photographed by Morley Read
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Plaza de Armas, Iquitos |
Casa de Fierro, Iquitos |
Religious sect, Iquitos |
Riverboat with Rio Amazonas in background |
In 2008 I spent 6 weeks in the Peruvian Amazon and traveled up many of the tributaries of the Amazon which can be reached in a day or two by canoe from Iquitos. These include the Rios Itaya, Nanay, Momon, Mazan, Manati, Tamshiyacu and Napo. Here are the photos of the reptiles and amphibians I encountered.
This page is under development and more species will be added at intervals.
AMPHIBIANS
| PLETHODONTIDAE - Salamanders | Bolitoglossa peruviana |  |
| AROMOBATIDAE - Poison Frogs | Allobates femoralis |  |
| Allobates trilineatus |  |
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| Allobates trivittatus |  |
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BUFONIDAE - Toads |
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| Rhinella dapsilis |  |
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| Rhinella margaritifera |  |
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| Rhinella marina |  |
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CRAUGASTORIDAE - Rain Frogs |
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| Oreobates quixensis |  |
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| Pristimantis altamazonicus |  |
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| Pristimantis carvalhoi |  |
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DENDROBATIDAE - Poison Frogs |
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| Ranitomeya ventrimaculata |  |
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HYLIDAE - Tree Frogs |
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| Dendropsophus triangulum |  |
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| Hypsiboas calcaratus |  |
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| Hypsiboas cinerascens |  |
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| Hypsiboas geographicus |  |
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| Hypsiboas lanciformis | ||
| Hypsiboas nympha |  |
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| Osteocephalus buckleyi |  |
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| Osteocephalus cabrerai |  |
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| Osteocephalus taurinus |  |
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| Osteocephalus yasuni |  |
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| Osteocephalus sp. 1 |  |
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| Phyllomedusa vaillantii |  |
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| Scarthyla goinorum |  |
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| Scinax ruber |  |
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LEPTODACTYLIDAE Terrestrial Frogs |
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| Engystomops petersi |  |
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| Leptodactylus discodactylus |  |
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| Leptodactylus leptodactyloides |  |
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| Leptodactylus pentadactylus |  |
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| Leptodactylus wagneri |  |
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| Leptodactylus lineatus |  |
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| MICROHYLIDAE - Narrow-mouthed toads | Hamptophryne boliviana |  |
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Fallen tree, Rio Momon |
Rio Mazan |
Morley Read, Rio Tamshiyacu |
Lianas, Rio Mazan |
REPTILES
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| GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE | Arthrosaura reticulata |  |
| Cercosaura oshaugnesseyi |  |
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| Potamites ecpleopus |  |
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| IGUANIDAE -DACTYLOINAE | Anolis transversalis |  |
| Anolis fuscoauratus |  |
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| Anolis ortoni |  |
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| Anolis trachyderma |  |
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| IGUANIDAE -HOPLOCERCINAE | Enyalioides laticeps |  |
| IGUANIDAE -TROPIDURIDNAE | Stenocercus fimbriatus |  |
| Plica umbra |  |
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| PHYLLODACTYLIDAE | Thecadactylus solimoensis |  |
| SCINCIDAE | Mabuya nigropunctata |  |
| SPHAERODACTYLIDAE | Gonatodes concinnatus |  |
| Gonatodes humeralis |  |
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| BOIDAE | Epicrates cenchria |  |
| COLUBRIDAE | Dipsas catesbeyi |  |
| Drepanoides anomalus |  |
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| Liophis breviceps |  |
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| Oxyrhopus formosus |  |
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| VIPERIDAE | Bothrops atrox |  |
| ELAPIDAE | Micrurus langsdorffi |  |
| Micrurus lemniscatus |  |
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