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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.
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]
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)).
It has copper eyes, a green head, yellow-brown sides and a smattering of darker brown blotches. Other photos show a frog with a darker military green coloring and a lighter green body.
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]
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 ...
A red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) Costa Rica is home to around 175 amphibians, 85% of which are frogs. Frogs in Costa Rica have interesting ways of finding fishless water to raise their young in. Fish, of course, will eat tadpoles and eggs. Poison dart frogs put their eggs in water pools in bromeliads. Other methods include searching ...
Cochranella euknemos, sometimes known as the San Jose Cochran frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in central Costa Rica and south/eastward to Panama and to the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia ( Antioquia and Chocó Departments ).