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The strawberry poison frog, strawberry poison-dart frog or blue jeans poison frog (Oophaga pumilio, formerly Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small poison dart frog found in Central America. [2] It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama.
Pristimantis ridens, also known as the pygmy rain frog and the Rio San Juan robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in western Colombia (Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental ), and then through Panama and Costa Rica to Nicaragua and eastern Honduras.
This is a list of amphibians found in Costa Rica. A total of 194 amphibian species have been recorded in Costa Rica , three of which are extinct. This list is derived from the database listing of AmphibiaWeb . [ 1 ]
Oophaga is a genus of poison-dart frogs containing twelve species, many of which were formerly placed in the genus Dendrobates. [1] The frogs are distributed in Central and South America, from Nicaragua south through the El Chocó to northern Ecuador (at elevations below 1,200 m (3,900 ft)).
Pages in category "Amphibians of Costa Rica" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. ... Blue-sided leaf frog; Rosenberg's tree frog ...
The blue-sided leaf frog (Agalychnis annae), also known as the orange-eyed leaf frog, is an endangered species of tree frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae [4] native to the tropical rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama. [1] [5] The specific name annae honors Ann S. Duellman, the collector of the holotype and the describer's wife. [3] [6]
In the red-eyed tree frog's case, the frog's startling red eyes are hidden when its eyes are closed allowing it to blend in with leaves. When the frog is startled, it can flash its bright red eyes, orange webbed feet, and blue and yellow lateral stripes, which all serve the purpose of startling predators and allowing the frog time to escape. [9]
Blue-sided leaf frog: Costa Rica and Panama Agalychnis buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) Warty leaf frog: Colombia and Ecuador Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862) Red-eyed tree frog: Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia Agalychnis dacnicolor (Cope, 1864) Mexican leaf frog: Mexico Agalychnis danieli (Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho, and Rueda ...