Red webbing
The webbing between its fingers and toes is red-orange and gives the species its name.
Boana rufitela
Red-webbed treefrog
Prepollical spine
Males have a spine beside the thumb, covered by a retractable fleshy sheath.
Floating eggs
It lays its eggs in a single layer on the water, surrounded by a film of transparent jelly.
Detritus-feeding tadpoles
Small tadpoles ingest mud containing organic matter; older larvae eat decaying plant material.
Distribution
Recorded in Tadó, Chocó, in the humid forests of western Colombia.