The skin of the dorsum of the body and limbs is brown in color. There is a black stripe on the shank. There is a white line on the back. There is a white line from each eyelid to the groin. There is a dark brown stripe from each eye down the flank. The throat is red and dark gray with white dots. The bottoms of the legs, belly and feet are red or red with white marks.[4]
Habitat
Scientists consider this frog an obligate dweller of primary rainforest, but a few people have reported it deep in secondary forests in the first stages of recovery, usually when there was some primary forest nearby. Scientists saw the frog between 1160 and 1570 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists observed the frog in two protected parks: Estação Ecológica de Bananal and Caburé Natural Heritage Nature Reserve. They think it could live in nearby Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina as well.[1]
Reproduction
The male frog sits on the leaf litter and calls to the female frogs at night. The female frog deposits eggs in temporary ponds and streams. The tadpoles swim in the bottom of the water and feed on dead leaves.[1]
↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Paratelmatobius gaigeae (Cochran, 1938)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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