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Forward-facing eyes are a trait shared by most centrolenids, including this Red-spotted Glassfrog (Nymphargus grandisonae). These help the frogs calculate distances in their arboreal environment.

2011 © Alejandro Arteaga | Tropical Herping

Jean-Marc Touzet, one of Ecuador's most recognized herpetologists, was the first person to collect the lizard pictured above. For this, and other reasons, the reptile is known as the Touzet's Dwarf-Iguana (Enyalioides touzeti).

2011 © Alejandro Arteaga | Tropical Herping

in many species of anurans, including this Walker's Rain-Peeper (Pristimantis walkeri), the male is superficially more granular than the female. This rugosity is thought to act as a release signal should amplexus between males occur.

2011 © Alejandro Arteaga | Tropical Herping

If you were born after 1989, chances are that you have never seen the Scrawny Stubfoot-Toad (Atelopus longirostris). No one can bring it back from extinction, but this historical account may help you imagine how it looked like, where it lived, and why it disappeared.

2011 © Alejandro Arteaga | Tropical Herping

A combination of an overall green coat, and strongly dilated finger pads, clearly evidence the arboreal lifestyle of this Unusual Rain-Peeper (Pristimantis inusitatus).

2011 © Alejandro Arteaga | Tropical Herping