Yellow dyer tink frog

About the Yellow dyer tink frog

Diasporus citrinobapheus, the yellow dink frog or yellow dyer rainfrog, is a species of frog native to the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama. Adult males have snout–vent lengths of 17.3–19.7 mm (0.68–0.78 in) and adult females have one of 21.8 mm (0.86 in). The frog is almost entirely bright yellow and orange dorsally, with a colorless and mostly transparent underside. Males have yellow vocal sacs.

Diasporus citrinobapheus was formally described in 2012 based on an adult male specimen collected from Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé in Panama. The specific name citrinobapheus is derived from the Greek citrinos (citrin-yellow) and bapheus (dyer) referring to the yellow body color, which dyes one's fingers yellowish when the frog is handled. This species has the English common names yellow dink frog and yellow dyer rainfrog, as well as the Spanish common name Martillito Amarillo.

Diasporus citrinobapheus is most closely related to D. tigrillo. Adult males have snout–vent lengths of 17.3–19.7 mm (0.68–0.78 in) and adult females have one of 21.8 mm (0.86 in). The frog is almost entirely bright yellow and orange dorsally, with some individuals have dark grayish... Wikipedia →