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Boana cinerascens

Shrub Frogs & Tree Frogs

Boana cinerascens

Basic stats

Habitat

Lowland forest streams and swamps, ponds, freshwater marshes, rural gardens and heavily degraded former forest

Range

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela; widespread in Amazonia

Clutch size

165–298 pigmented eggs

The Demerara Falls tree frog, Boana cinerascens, is a hylid of the Amazon region of South America, also found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Venezuela (Wikipedia, general species account). It is a species complex. Barrio-Amorós (2019) notes that the name hides several taxa, and that in Venezuela two of them are confused under it, one from rainforest and one from open areas. Its type locality is Ega, now Tefé, in Amazonas, Brazil (Barrio-Amorós 2019).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, rivers, freshwater marshes, rural gardens and heavily degraded former forests (Wikipedia, general species account). Eggs are laid in clumps in streamside ponds in terra-firme forest, and a clutch contains 165 to 298 pigmented eggs (Lima et al. 2012; Telles et al. 2013). Tadpoles are found in streamside ponds and less often in streams, in most months of the year (Tadpoles of Central Amazonia).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Boana cinerascens live in?
Lowland forest streams and swamps, ponds, freshwater marshes, rural gardens and heavily degraded former forest
Where is the Boana cinerascens found?
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela; widespread in Amazonia
How many eggs does the Boana cinerascens lay?
165–298 pigmented eggs
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