LINED RINKY DINK TREE-FROG Hypsiboas caingua
A slender, flattened tree-frog, this common species is easily identified by its unique voice, a loud RINKY DINK DINKDINK, which resembles a bouncing ping-pong ball. They gather on leaves overhanging water to sing during the breeding season which lasts through until as late as March.
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FIGURE 1a -  (FPANF298PH) Brown adult,  PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Christoph Liedtke December 2008).
FIGURE 1b - (FPANF299PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1c - (FPANF300PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1d - (FPANF301PH) Same individual flash colours (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1e - (FPANF302PH) Same individual ventral (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 1f -  (FPANF303PH) Adult flanks, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Christoph Liedtke October 2008).
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Gallery 2: Colour variation in adult Hypsiboas caingua
Like many Anurans skin colouration of this species is highly variable. Above are some examples of photochromatism found in this species.
FIGURE 2a - (FPANF306PH) Orange adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Christoph Liedtke October 2008).
FIGURE 2b - (FPANF430PH) Yellow adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Laura Tensen April 2008).
VIDEO - (FPANF345VI) Orange adult singing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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