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Brown Egg Frog
Andreas Schlüter, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Frogs & toads

Brown Egg Frog

Ctenophryne geayi Mocquard, 1904

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBrown Egg Frog
DutchSapito Apuntado De Geay
SpanishSapito Apuntado De Geay
Chinese—
Sranan Tongotodo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCtenophryne geayi Mocquard, 1904

About this species

Ctenophryne geayi (common name: brown egg frog, Spanish: sapito apuntado de Geay) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is widely distributed in the northern parts of South America, in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) and in the Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. It might actually represent two species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyMicrohylidae
GenusCtenophryne

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1970First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini2
  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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