Amphibian Species of Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Amphibians Recorded at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center
Amphibian Biodiversity
54Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Amphibian species observed at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: https://cramphibian.com/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frogs | Aromobatidae | Allobates talamancae | Talamanca rocket frog |
| Bufonidae | Incilius melanochlorus | Wet forest toad | |
| Rhaebo haematiticus | Litter toad | ||
| Rhinella horribilis | Giant toad | ||
| Centrolenidae | Cochranella granulosa | Granular glass frog | |
| Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni | Fleischmann's Glass Frog | ||
| Hyalinobatrachium talamancae | Talamanca glass frog | ||
| Hyalinobatrachium valerioi | Reticulated glass frog | ||
| Sachatamia albomaculata | Spotted glass frog | ||
| Sachatamia ilex | Ghost glass frog | ||
| Teratohyla pulverata | Speckled glass frog | ||
| Teratohyla spinosa | Spiny glass frog | ||
| Craugastoridae | Craugastor bransfordii | Bransford's litter frog | |
| Craugastor crassidigitus | Slim-fingered rain frog | ||
| Craugastor fitzingeri | Common rain frog | ||
| Craugastor megacephalus | Broad-headed rain frog | ||
| Craugastor noblei | Noble's rain frog | ||
| Craugastor persimilis | Little brown rain frog | ||
| Craugastor talamancae | Almirante Robber Frog | ||
| Eleutherodactylidae | Diasporus diastema | Common dink frog | |
| Dendrobatidae | Dendrobates auratus | Green and black poison frog | |
| Oophaga pumilio | Strawberry poison frog | ||
| Silverstoneia flotator | Lowland rocket frog | ||
| Hylidae | Agalychnis callidryas | Red-eyed tree frog | |
| Agalychnis lemur | Lemur leaf frog | ||
| Agalychnis saltator | Jumping leaf frog | ||
| Agalychnis spurrelli | Gliding leaf frog | ||
| Cruziohyla sylviae | Sylvia's tree frog | ||
| Dendropsophus ebraccatus | Hourglass tree frog | ||
| Dendropsophus phlebodes | San Carlos treefrog | ||
| Duellmanohyla rufioculis | Rufous-eyed brook frog | ||
| Ecnomiohyla sukia | Shaman fringed-limbed tree frog | ||
| Hyloscirtus palmeri | Palmer's tree frog | ||
| Scinax boulengeri | Snouted tree frog | ||
| Scinax elaeochroa | Narrow-headed tree frog | ||
| Smilisca manisorum | Mosquito coast tree frog | ||
| Smilisca phaeota | Masked tree frog | ||
| Smilisca sordida | Drab tree frog | ||
| Tlalocohyla loquax | Swamp frog | ||
| Triprion spinosus | Coronated tree frog | ||
| Leptodactylidae | Engystomops pustulosus | Tungara frog | |
| Leptodactylus melanonotus | Black-backed frog | ||
| Leptodactylus savagei | Savege's thin-toed frog | ||
| Ranidae | Lithobates vaillanti | Rainforest frog | |
| Lithobates warszewitschii | Brilliant forest frog | ||
| Strabomantidae | Pristimantis cerasinus | Clay-colored rain frog | |
| Pristimantis cruentus | Golden-groined robber frog | ||
| Pristimantis ridens | Pygmy rain frog | ||
| Caecilians | Caeciliidae | Caecilia volcani | Cocle caecilian |
| Dermophiidae | Gymnopis multiplicata | Purple caecilian | |
| Salamanders | Plethodontidae | Bolitoglossa colonnea | Eyebrowed salamander |
| Bolitoglossa striatula | Striated salamander | ||
| Oedipina berlini | Berlin's flat-headed salamander | ||
| Oedipina uniformis | Common worm salamander |