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Photo by Chris79
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Field Notes

Description:

Small frog, brown with orange spots on it's back, found on a leaf near a river bed and waterfall in Carara, Costa Rica

Habitat:

Rainforest, near a river bed

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Saturniidae27
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 :)
Chris79
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
Saturniidae27
I guess you're lucky then Chris, it looks similar enough :)
Chris79
Possible - looks similar to this... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/earth/3145140/The-IUCN-Red-List-of-endangered-species.html?image=8 although I doubt I'd be lucky enough to spot something that is possibly extinct!
Saturniidae27
Here is a link :) https://andrebaertschi.photoshelter.com/image/I0000BIGiS8651XI
Saturniidae27
Nice spotting Chris. Just a wild guess, but maybe some type of rain frog (pristimantis sp.)
Chris79
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.
Neil Ross
So tiny. Well, from little things big things grow. I hope you enjoy the site :)

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