Let’s take a look at the most common animals in the stunning Amazon Rainforest. This post was updated on June 16, 2025 to include information on the newly discovered Ranitomeya aetherea.

These frogs, with their striking features and incredible adaptations, play vital roles in the ecosystem. From the tiny and agile squirrel monkeys to the mighty macaws and jaguars, the Amazon is a ...

Above ground, black rain frogs — which are about 1.6 to 2 inches (4 to 5 centimeters) long — run or walk, rather than hop: "Their legs are very short, and their bodies round," Tarrant said.

The calling animal turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers set out to study the hourglass tree frog, a “small, brightly colored species” found in Central and South America.

The team collected over 130 of these Ecuadorian tree frogs by combing museum archives, searching the rainforest and raising some eggs in captivity, the study said. A pattern began to emerge.

Golden line nurse frogs are most active during the day, and male frogs were heard calling, researchers said. The frogs were found in a “small patch” of rainforest, “which was very degraded ...

Correction 2/18/2025: A previous version of this article misspelled the name of the frog, "Currulao," and incorrectly omitted the name of researcher Juan Camilo Ríos Orjuela.

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