#triprion

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Mexican Shovel-headed Treefrog (Triprion spatulatus), family Hylidae, Costa de Oaxaca, Mexico

photographs by Elí García-Padilla

[frogs-from-bogs]

Triprion petasatus by Devin Bergquist

[herpsandbirds]

Crowned Treefrog (Triprion spinosus), metamorphs, family Hylidae, Costa Rica

photographs by Emanuele Biggi

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Coronated or Spiny-headed Tree Frogs (Triprion spinosus), family Hylidae, Costa Rica

Top 3- Water filled tree hole where the eggs were laid, eggs, tadpoles. (The mother returns periodically to lay infertile eggs, which the young will eat.)

M- Metamorph.

B - Adult.

photographs by Emanuele Biggi 

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Spiny-headed or Coronated Tree Frog (Triprion spinosus), family Hylidae, Yatama Ecolodge, Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica

Males call in temporary tree pools, like water filled hollows and bromeliads. The females then lay their eggs in those water sources.

photograph by Lost Photographer

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Spiny-headed or Coronated Tree Frog (Triprion spinosus), family Hylidae, Costa Rica

Males call in temporary tree pools, like water filled hollows and bromeliads. The females then lay their eggs in those water sources.

photograph by @anfrep94

[herpsandbirds]

Coronated Tree Frog aka Spiny-headed Tree Frog (Triprion spinosus), family Hylidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Cristian Torica

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Coronated Tree Frog aka Spiny-headed Tree Frog (Triprion spinosus), family Hylidae, found throughout much of Central America (though its distribution is spotty)

photograph by Brian Gratwicke