[2] This small water frog has greenish-brown skin, speckled with black and yellow flecks, and is well camouflaged as it sits under tree roots or stones.

[3] The hind legs are long and slender, suited to propelling the frog through water, and its feet are only partially webbed, indicating that it spends part of its life on land.

[2][3] An inhabitant of clear streams in the upper limits of cloud forest, this water frog occurs at 3,000–3,500 metres (9,800–11,500 ft) above sea level.

[3] The function of this sucker has not yet been determined, although it is possible it may help the tadpole cling on to surfaces to prevent it from being swept away by currents, or it could even be used to suck up prey.

[2] This article incorporates text from the ARKive fact-file "Telmatobius espadai" under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GFDL.