| Hemiphractus proboscideus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Hemiphractus |
| Species: | H. proboscideus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiphractus proboscideus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870) | |
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The long-snouted casque-headed frog, Sumaco horned tree frog, or rana de casco narizona (Hemiphractus proboscideus) is a frog. It lives in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador. Scientists think it could also live in Brazil.
The adult male frog is about 43 - 50 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 57 - 66 mm long. This frog has a pointed nose and bumps on its eyelids. It has big, sharp bones in its head. It has bones in its lower jaw that look like teeth. Its body is flat. THe skin of the frog's back is light brown in color. There are green, brown, and gray stripes on the legs. There are orange or light brown spots on the belly. The tongue and inside of the mouth are yellow in color.
People see this frog in tropical forests that were never cut down and forests that are growing back. People see it sitting on plants. Scientists have seen the frog between 100 and 1,200 m (330 and 3,940 ft) above sea level.
There are protected places where the frog lives: Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno, Parque Nacional Yasuní, Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, Parque Nacional Llanganates, and Parque Nacional Sangay. Scientists saw it in Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu. Scientists think it could also live in Peru's Gueppi Reserved Zone.
Scientists believe H. proboscideus' eats other frogs.
The female frog carries her eggs on her back. The eggs hatch into small froglets, not swimming tadpoles.
Scientists from the IUCN say the frogs are not in danger of dying out. In some places, people change the places where the frogs live to make farms and places for animals to eat grass.
