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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 ]
Pages in category "Amphibians of Costa Rica" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. ... Costa Rica brook frog; Crater salamander; Craugastor ...
Costa Rican amphibians range in size from the rainforest rocket frog, at 1.5 cm (0.5 in), to the giant toad, at up to 15 cm (6 in) and 2 kg (4.4 lb). Representatives of all three orders of amphibians - caecilians, salamanders, and frogs and toads - reside in Costa Rica.
Genus Lepidoblepharis (Costa Rica scaly-eyed gecko) [2] Genus Sphaerodactylus (yellow-tailed dwarf gecko, ... List of amphibians of Costa Rica; List of birds of Costa ...
The golden toad (Incilius periglenes) is an extinct species of true toad that was once abundant in a small, high-altitude region of about 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) in an area north of the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. [3]
[42] [43] However, as with all frogs and toads, the species still faces challenges from chytrid fungus, logging, and residential development. Wild tadpoles have experienced die-offs due to ranavirus, and subpopulations in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama are threatened by capture for the international pet trade. [44]
It is considered threatened in Costa Rica, [8] and is protected by the wildlife conservation law No. 7317, environmental law No. 7554 and the decree No. 26435-MINAE. [ 3 ] The frog was regularly seen in the annual collections of amphibians at least in two of the various nature parks of Costa Rica it was known from, but in the late 1980s this ...
Rosenberg's treefrog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi), also known as Rosenberg's gladiator frog or Rosenberg's gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family of tree frogs and genus of gladiator frogs found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and north-western Ecuador. [3]