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During the breeding season, the female frog lays eggs every one or two weeks. She lays 7 to 21 eggs per clutch. The female frog lays eggs on leaves. They eggs take from a few days to a week to hatch. The tadpoles are dark brown in color. The male frog cares for the eggs, preventing dehydration via hydric brooding. After they hatch, he sits next ...
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 ]
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).
The granular poison frog or granular poison arrow frog (Oophaga granulifera) is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae, found in Costa Rica and Panama. [1] Originally described as Dendrobates granuliferus, it was moved to Oophaga in 1994. [2] Its natural habitats are tropical humid lowland forests; it is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
Agalychnis lemur, the lemur leaf frog or lemur frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and adjacent northwestern Colombia. [ 3 ] It is classed as Critically Endangered and threatened by the fungal disease chytridiomycosis .
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 Costa Rica, these frogs live in lowland wet forests, rain forests, and even in higher elevations. They do not like dry areas such as the northwestern lowlands, high mountains, or coasts. Of all the glass frogs in Costa Rica, Fleischmann's glass frogs are the most populous. [7] The glass frogs are also arboreal, which means they reside in trees.
Triprion spinosus, also known as the spiny-headed tree frog, spiny-headed treefrog, spinyhead treefrog, coronated treefrog, and crowned hyla, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. [4] It has a spotty distribution in Panama , Costa Rica , Honduras , and southern Mexico .