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The Payamino territory is a highly biodiverse area for amphibians and research has been undertaken by both the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester over a number of years to assess the species diversity and abundance of the populations.

Currently a year long study is being undertaken compiling a species list for the Payamino territory and carrying out research to gauge the effectiveness of a new assessment technique. This study is currently a little over half way through its field time and already has found an impressive 61 species including one caecilian and two salamander species. Over 500 individuals have been encountered during this time including the rare and understudied Nyctimantis rugiceps and Osteocephalus cabrerai.

The full Payamino amphibian species list will be available here soon. Right now you can see a list of all the Hyla species found below.

Members of the Payamino community have been actively involved in the data collection process with methods, aims and usefulness of such projects explained at length. Amphibian education has also been carried out with local school and college students where a poster was created using photos taken in Payamino explaining about lifecycles, the importance of amphibian conservation and showing the wide variety of amphibians found in Payamino.

Hyla species in Payamino
Scientific name / (Common name)

• Hyla bifurca
• Hyla boans (Gladiator Tree Frog)
• Hyla brevifrons (Short-nosed Tree Frog)
• Hyla calcarata (Convict Tree Frog)
• Hyla fasciata
• Hyla geographica (Map Tree Frog)
• Hyla granosa
• Hyla lanciformis (Rocket Tree Frog)
• Hyla marmorata
• Hyla triangulam