Hyloscirtus Colymba - Breeding

Breeding

Males make high-pitched cricket-like chirps from beneath rocks and plants near swift-flowing streams, and stop calling at the slightest disturbance, making them very difficult to catch. Field observations from Pamama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project operations in Cerro Brewster found that males were unusually prominent when sick with chytridiomycosis.

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