Up until a few years ago, there was only one record of the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiens in all of the country of Peru.

Thanks to Herpetologist Andres Novales, we have a second record for Peru in the backyard of Otorongo Amazon River Lodge.

At the time, herpetologists Jaime Culebras, Amanda Quezada, and Amadeus Plewnia were working on adding observations and range to this glass frog species in Ecuador.

When they stumbled upon Andres’ image, they immediately contacted him to co-author their paper on observations of this glass frog. They excitedly added his observation to the list.

Therefore, extending the known range of the glass frog and declaring two Peruvian localities as harboring these creatures!

Thank fully, Andres also offered up his beautiful images of this glass frog to be the cherry on top!

There is a lot that is still unknown about the biology and habitat that these glass frogs prefer.

As time goes on, more observations will be made and added to its life history.

Mabey you can be the next person to add an observation!

Link to paper on research gate:

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