Preparing for Ecuador

[MonarchzMan]

So it looks like I'm going to take my 5th trip to the neotropics and actually visit the Amazon, a dream I've had for the longest time. I'm going to be going to Ecuador to participate in a herpetofauna research program for three weeks after the new year. We're going into two of the national reserves cataloging all of the herp species that we come across for a field guide of the area. The places we're going to have a high endemic rates of species, so the likelihood of finding new species is reasonable. I would be totally psyched if I found a new species, even if the group found a new species.

I've been trying to figure out what dendrobatids occur there with little success, unfortunately. It looks like there will be some Epipedobates there and some thumbnails, but I'm not entirely sure of all the species I should expect there. It'll be a blast I'm sure!

If you want to read more up on what we're going to do, go to http://www.reptileresearch.org

[Blort]

Run a search here:
http://www.globalamphibians.org/servlet/GAA

[costaricalvr12]

Sounds fun, I will be so jealous if you find a new species!

Here are some pdf's that occur in Ecuador:

Dendrobates histrionicus

Dendrobates sylvaticus

Epipedobates tricolor

Epipedobates anthony (I know I spelled it wrong)

Epipedobates trivattus

Epipedobates Zaparo

Epipedobates Boulengeri

Epipedobates Espinosai

Epipedobates Femoralis

Epipedobates Pictus

More epips...

As you can see the problem won't be having frogs to find... it's finding them :wink:. Hope this helps.