Common Name Rusty Tree Frog, Giant Gladiator Tree Frog, Zebra Frog, and Duck-footed Frog
Scientific Name: Boana boans
Family: Hylidae – Tree Frog family
Location: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
Female Size: 3.6 – 4.8 inches (91 – 123 mm)
Male: 4.0 – 5.0 inches (101 mm)
The Rusty Tree Frog is a nocturnal, arboreal species of frog found in tropical forests. The frog breeds during the dry season from July to December when there isn’t a risk of sudden floods and the banks of streams are exposed. Males create nests along the banks of the streams. The females lay up to 3,500 in the nests the male builds or in natural depressions near the stream.
The male frog protects its nests from predators and other frogs, which lead to one of its other names: the Giant Gladiator Tree Frog. The male will fight off the other males that get close with exposed bones in their hands.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assess the Rusty Tree Frog as Least Concern for Extinction. The frog has a wide range, covering most of north South America, and are common throughout it