Amphibians of Costa Rica's Southern Caribbean Lowlands
Varagua Caecilian
Gymnopis multiplicata is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Small-headed Caecilian
Dermophis parviceps is a species of amphibian in the Dermophiidae family found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Alvarado's Salamander
Alvarado's Salamander (Bolitoglossa alvaradoi) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ridge-headed Salamander
The La Loma Salamander (Bolitoglossa colonnea) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Oedipina alfaroi
Oedipina alfaroi is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.
Oedipina cyclocauda
Oedipina cyclocauda is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Long-tailed Worm Salamander
Oedipina gracilis is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Leaf Litter Toad
Rhaebo haematiticus (formerly Bufo haematiticus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela (Serranía del Perijá), and northwestern Ecuador. Its altitudinal range is from sea level to 1,300 m (4,300 ft) asl. Its natural habitats are primary tropical moist forest and ...more ↓
Cane Toad
The cane toad (Rhinella marina), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad which is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean as well as northern Australia. It is a member of the genus Rhinella but was formerly in the genus Bufo, ...more ↓
Green Climbing Toad
The Evergreen toad (Incilius coniferus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wet Forest Toad
Incilius melanochlorus (formerly Bufo melanochlorus; common names: dark green toad, wet forest toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found on the Atlantic versant of southeastern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama.
Black Jungle-Frog
Leptodactylus melanonotus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist ...more ↓
Smoky Jungle Frog
The Smokey Jungle Frog or Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. Its local Spanish name is sapo-toro comun (roughly, "common bullfrog"). It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or ...more ↓
Isla Bonita Robber Frog
Craugastor crassidigitus is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and possibly Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.
Fitzinger's Robber Frog
The Fitzinger's Robber Frog (Craugastor fitzingeri) is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Almirante Robber Frog
Craugastor talamancae is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. This anuran is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. According to accounts of J.M. Savage and of C. Michael Hogan, ...more ↓
Craugastor gollmeri
Craugastor gollmeri is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Tilaran Robber Frog
Craugastor mimus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and possibly Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Noble's Robber Frog
Craugastor noblei is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Craugastor ranoides
Craugastor ranoides is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Craugastor megacephalus
Craugastor megacephalus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Strabomantis bufoniformis
Strabomantis bufoniformis is a species of frog in the Strabomantidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Craugastor persimilis
Craugastor persimilis is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and possibly Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Craugastor polyptychus
Craugastor polyptychus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pristimantis gaigei
Pristimantis gaigei (syn. Eleutherodactylus gaigeae) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and caves.
Pristimantis cerasinus
Pristimantis cerasinus is a species of frog in the Strabomantidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
La Loma Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus caryophyllaceus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pristimantis cruentus
Pristimantis cruentus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, possibly Colombia, and possibly Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pygmy Rain Frog
Eleutherodactylus ridens is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
Tink Frog
Diasporus diastema (syn. Eleutherodactylus diastema, Hyla chica, and Syrrhopus ineptus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. Common names include common tink frog or dink frog, supposedly because of the loud metallic "tink" sound that the male frog makes during the night (up to 40 times per minute). It is found in Costa Rica, ...more ↓
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.
Duellmanohyla rufioculis
The rufous-eyed brook frog, Duellmanohyla rufioculis, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Costa Rica and possibly Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hypsiboas rufitelus
The Canal Zone tree frog, Hypsiboas rufitelus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Isthmohyla lancasteri
Isthmohyla lancasteri is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Harlequin Treefrog
Dendropsophus ebraccatus, commonly known as the hourglass treefrog or pantless treefrog, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
San Carlos Treefrog
Dendropsophus phlebodes, the San Carlos tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Fringe-limbed Ttreefrog
Ecnomiohyla miliaria is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cuban Treefrog
The Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) is an amphibian native to the Caribbean region of the Western Hemisphere. It is the largest tree frog of North America. Its wide diet and ability to thrive amongst humans has made it a highly invasive species with established colonies in northern Florida, the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and thorough the Caribbean Islands. They ...more ↓
Boulenger's Treefrog
Scinax boulengeri is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Olive Snouted-Treefrog
Scinax elaeochrous is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mexican Smilisca
The common Mexican tree frog, Smilisca baudinii, is a nocturnal species of tree frog whose native range extends from the Sonoran Desert and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south to Costa Rica. Common names include Mexican tree frog, Baudin's tree frog and Van Vliet’s frog. They are usually found within lightly forested areas near permanent ...more ↓
Masked Tree Frog
The New Granada cross-banded tree frog, Smilisca phaeota, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, ...more ↓
Cross-banded Treefrog
The Nicaragua cross-banded tree frog, Smilisca puma, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Drab Treefrog
The Veragua cross-banded tree frog, Smilisca sordida, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and canals ...more ↓
Grainy Cochran Frog
The Ranita De Cristal (Cochranella granulosa) is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat ...more ↓
Yellow-flecked Glassfrog
Cochranella albomaculata is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.
Teratohyla spinosa
Teratohyla spinosa (common name: spiny Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua.
Suretka glass frog
Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and pastureland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Plantation Glass Frog
The plantation glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum, is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and Honduras. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Fleischmann's Glass Frog
The Fleischmann's Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, the Guianas, and Suriname. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane ...more ↓
Reticulated Glass Frog
Hyalinobatrachium valerioi is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rainforest Rocket Frog
The rainforest rocket frog (Silverstoneia flotator, formerly Colostethus flotator) is a terrestrial, diurnal frog found in humid lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama. It is generally very common and therefore considered to be of least concern by the IUCN. The taxonomy is in need of a review, as it may consist of a complex of several species.
Striped Rocket Frog
Allobates talamancae (common names: Talamanca rocket frog,Talamanca striped rocket frog) is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is found in northwestern Ecuador, western Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and southern Nicaragua. It can be found in a variety of habitats in very humid lowland and premontane habitats (secondary growth and plantations, swampy ...more ↓
Green and Black Dart-poison Frog
Dendrobates auratus, also known as the green and black poison dart frog or the green and black poison arrow frog, and sometimes mint poison frog (not to be confused with the mint-green color morph of Phyllobates terribilis), is a brightly colored member of the order Anura native to Central America and northwestern parts of South America. It is one of ...more ↓
Granular Poison Frog
The Granular Poison Frog, Oophaga granulifera, is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae, found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests, but it is threatened by habitat loss. This frog has been reclassified from Dendrobates granuliferus to Oophaga granulifera.
Strawberry Poison-dart Frog
The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio, formerly Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane ...more ↓
Striped Poison-Dart Frog
The lovely poison frog (Phyllobates lugubris) is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests, rivers, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Southern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Gastrophryne pictiventris (common name: Nicaragua narrowmouth toad or southern narrowmouth toad) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in northeastern Costa Rica and southeastern Nicaragua. This species is found in leaf-litter of lowland moist and wet forests. However, it is not easily seen outside the explosive breeding events. Breeding ...more ↓
Ctenophryne aterrima
Ctenophryne aterrima (common name: Costa Rica Nelson frog, reflecting its earlier placement in Nelsonophryne) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in northwestern Ecuador, the Andes of Colombia, and lowland and premontane zones of Panama and Costa Rica to about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.
Vaillant's Frog
Vaillant's frog, Lithobates vaillanti, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent ...more ↓
Brilliant Forest Frog
Warszewitsch's frog, Rana warszewitschii, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
