Amphibians of Costa Rica's Southern Caribbean Lowlands

Cruziohyla calcarifer

The splendid leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer, is a tree frog of the Hylidae family native to the Caribbean slopes of southeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras southwards through Costa Rica and Panama to Pacific lowlands of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It might represent a composite of cryptic species. It is a nocturnal, arboreal frog inhabiting primary humid ...more ↓

Red-eyed Treefrog

The red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is an arboreal hylid native to Neotropical rainforests in Central America.

Parachuting Red-eyed Leaf Frog

Agalychnis saltator is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in the Caribbean lowlands from northeastern Honduras through Nicaragua to east-central Costa Rica at elevations of 15–1,300 m (49–4,265 ft) asl. Its common names are parachuting red-eyed leaf frog and misfit leaf frog.

Gliding Leaf Frog

The gliding tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) is a species of frog in Hylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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