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Bransford's Litter Frog

Eleutherodactylus bransfordii

Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

this frog is a little smaller than a quarter, dark brown to black on top, has thin white stripes that go from the bottom of the neck to the side of the neck.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest. End of rainy season

Reference Links:

Eleutherodactylus bransfordii / eleutherodactylus_bransfordi.JPG

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (11)
BrendanSmith
Like Chris mentioned below, might be a complex of E. bransfordii.
BrendanSmith
The barred upper lip of white and dark brown is one indication. Also this spotting has parallel dorsolateral ridges and raised warty areas that run parallell dorsally. The pictures online show a lot of variation in color. Coloration can change depending on temperature, breeding, humidity, etc. I can't be for sure, but that is the ID I am thinking.
LarryGraziano
How can you be sure? the colors of the fotos I looked at are so different from the speicman in my terrible foto.
BrendanSmith
On this one, I had it narrowed down to Eleutherodactylus bransfordii.
Ismael Chaves
lgCostaNut creo q te equivocaste al poner esta foto en la mision del minimundo de Costa Rica ya q es solo para artropodos, pero puedes agregarla a esta mision de Chris Carille http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8001581
LarryGraziano
Great suggestion Chris. I wish I had a better photo to offer you!
Chris Carille
I believe it might be a complex of Craugastor (Eleutherodactylus) bransfordii.
LarryGraziano
It is a large leaf that was trimmed from another plant a week earlier. It is decomposing slowly because we were in the height of the rainy season here and because of a combination of cloud cover and shade by hovering trees.

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PublishedNovember 4, 2011

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