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Small frog, brown with orange spots on it's back, found on a leaf near a river bed and waterfall in Carara, Costa Rica
Rainforest, near a river bed
Spotted on Mar 17, 2020
Submitted on Apr 21, 2020
9 Comments
The patterning of yours to Incilius fastidiosus is accurate. Probably is a nymph of the Pico Blanco toad, for which I think the adults have more yellowish spots than the nymphs :)
The two main contenders for this seem to be either Holdridge's toad (Incilius holdridgei) or Pico Blanco toad (Incilius fastidiosus), both of which are critically endangered and thought close to, if not extinct.
From the descriptions here I'm leaning towards the Pico Blanco.
https://amphibiaweb.org/species/167
https://amphibiaweb.org/species/195
I guess you're lucky then Chris, it looks similar enough :)
Possible - looks similar to this... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture...
although I doubt I'd be lucky enough to spot something that is possibly extinct!
Here is a link :)
https://andrebaertschi.photoshelter.com/...
Nice spotting Chris. Just a wild guess, but maybe some type of rain frog (pristimantis sp.)
Thanks, I love it already. I'm trying to finish a photo book from my Costa Rica trip, this frog is one of the last things not identified yet so any help would be appreciated.
So tiny. Well, from little things big things grow. I hope you enjoy the site :)
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