Amphibian Species of La Selva Research Station, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Amphibians Recorded at La Selva Research Station
Amphibian Biodiversity
57Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Amphibian species observed at La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica, a premier herping destination.
Sources: https://tropicalstudies.org/portfolio/information-resources/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frogs | Bufonidae | Incilius coniferus | Green climbing toad |
| Incilius melanochlorus | Wet forest toad | ||
| Rhaebo haematiticus | Litter toad | ||
| Rhinella horribilis | Giant toad | ||
| Rhinella marina | Cane toad | ||
| Centrolenidae | Cochranella granulosa | Granular glass frog | |
| Espadarana prosoblepon | Emerald glass frog | ||
| Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni | Fleischmann's 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 gollmeri | Red-eyed masked litter frog | ||
| Craugastor megacephalus | Broad-headed rain frog | ||
| Craugastor mimus | Tilaran Robber Frog | ||
| Craugastor noblei | Noble's rain frog | ||
| Craugastor ranoides | Lowland 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 | ||
| Phyllobates lugubris | Lovely poison frog | ||
| Silverstoneia flotator | Lowland rocket frog | ||
| Hylidae | Agalychnis callidryas | Red-eyed tree frog | |
| Agalychnis saltator | Jumping leaf frog | ||
| Boana rufitela | Red-webbed tree frog | ||
| Cruziohyla sylviae | Sylvia's tree frog | ||
| Dendropsophus ebraccatus | Hourglass tree frog | ||
| Dendropsophus phlebodes | San Carlos treefrog | ||
| Scinax boulengeri | Snouted tree frog | ||
| Scinax elaeochroa | Narrow-headed tree frog | ||
| Smilisca baudinii | Mexican smilisca | ||
| Smilisca manisorum | Mosquito coast tree frog | ||
| Smilisca phaeota | Masked tree frog | ||
| Smilisca puma | Nicaragua cross-banded tree frog | ||
| Smilisca sordida | Drab tree frog | ||
| Tlalocohyla loquax | Swamp frog | ||
| Trachycephalus vermiculatus | Vermiculated tree frog | ||
| Leptodactylidae | Engystomops pustulosus | Tungara frog | |
| Leptodactylus fragilis | Mexican white-lipped frog | ||
| Leptodactylus melanonotus | Black-backed frog | ||
| Leptodactylus poecilochilus | Turbo white-lipped frog | ||
| Leptodactylus savagei | Savege's thin-toed frog | ||
| Microhylidae | Hypopachus pictiventris | Southern narrow-mouthed toad | |
| Ranidae | Lithobates vaillanti | Rainforest frog | |
| Lithobates warszewitschii | Brilliant forest frog | ||
| Strabomantidae | Pristimantis altae | Coral-spotted robber frog | |
| Pristimantis cerasinus | Clay-colored rain frog | ||
| Pristimantis cruentus | Golden-groined robber frog | ||
| Pristimantis ridens | Pygmy rain frog | ||
| Caecilians | Dermophiidae | Gymnopis multiplicata | Purple caecilian |
| Salamanders | Plethodontidae | Oedipina cyclocauda | Costa Rica worm salamander |
| Oedipina gracilis | Long-tailed worm salamander |