Smooth-sided toad, Rhaebo guttatus

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Rhaebo guttatus. Smooth-sided toad. Yasuni Research Station Ecuador August 2013. Photo by Shannon Fortenberry.
Rhaebo guttatus, smooth-sided toad. Yasuní Research Station, Ecuador, August 2013. Photo by Shannon Fortenberry.

The red is part of the dorsal pattern, and the yellow fluid is a toxic excretion from the two enlarged parotoid glands behind the eyes.

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