This is a list of amphibians found in Panama. 205

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

have been registered in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

, which are grouped in 3

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Caecilian Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of ...

s (Gymnophiona),

Salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten ...

s (Caudata) and Frogs and Toads (Anura). This list is derived from the database listing of

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.AmphibiaWeb 2012 25 species are critically endangered(CR), 16 species are endangered (EN) and 6 species are vulnerable (VU). One species has recently (September 2016) gone extinct with the last individual in captivity dying, and with not a single specimen seen nor heard in the wild for over a decade. Several other species might also be extinct with no specimen found for decades. The following tags are used to highlight specific species' conservation status as assessed by the

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Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Caeciliidae

Order:

Gymnophiona Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics o ...

. Family:

Caeciliidae Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes. Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do ha ...

*'' Caecilia isthmica'' (DD) *'' Caecilia leucocephala'' (LC) *'' Caecilia nigricans'' (LC) *'' Caecilia tentaculata'' (LC) *'' Caecilia volcani'' (DD) *'' Oscaecilia elongata'' (DD) *''

Oscaecilia ochrocephala ''Oscaecilia ochrocephala'' is a species of caecilian in the family Caeciliidae. Distribution ''Oscaecilia ochrocephala'' is most commonly found in Panama and Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, pl ...

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Salamanders (Caudata)

Plethodontidae

Order:

Caudata The Caudata are a group of amphibians containing the extant salamanders (Urodela) and all extinct species of amphibians more closely related to salamanders than to frogs. They are typically characterized by a superficially lizard-like appearance ...

. Family:

Plethodontidae Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. Most species are native to the Western Hemisphere, from British Columbia to Brazil, although a few species are found in Sardinia, Europe south of the Alps, and South Korea. In ...

*'' Bolitoglossa anthracina'' (DD) *''

Bolitoglossa biseriata The two-lined climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa biseriata''), also known as the two-lined mushroomtongue salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Panama, western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Its ...

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Bolitoglossa bramei Brame's climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa bramei'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama, particularly the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of Cordillera de Talamanca and ranging to Cerro Pand ...

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Bolitoglossa colonnea The La Loma salamander (''Bolitoglossa colonnea'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. The common name refers to La Loma, its type locality on the trail between Chiriquicito a ...

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Bolitoglossa compacta The Cerro Pando salamander (''Bolitoglossa compacta'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habit ...

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Bolitoglossa copia ''Bolitoglossa'' is a genus of lungless salamanders, also called mushroom-tongued salamanders, tropical climbing salamanders, or web-footed salamanders, in the family Plethodontidae. Their range is between northern Mexico through Central Americ ...

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Bolitoglossa cuna The Camp Sasardi salamander (''Bolitoglossa cuna'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Hab ...

'' (DD) *'' Bolitoglossa gomezi'' (DD) *''

Bolitoglossa lignicolor The Camron climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa lignicolor''), also known as the Camron mushroomtongue salamander or wood colored salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natura ...

'' (VU) *'' Bolitoglossa magnifica'' (EN) *''

Bolitoglossa marmorea The crater salamander (''Bolitoglossa marmorea''), also known as the marbled crater salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical, high-altitude moi ...

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Bolitoglossa medemi The Finca Chibigui salamander (''Bolitoglossa medemi'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat ...

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Bolitoglossa minutula The dwarf climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa minutula'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by ha ...

'' (EN) *'' Bolitoglossa phalarosoma'' (DD) *'' Bolitoglossa pygmaea'' *'' Bolitoglossa robinsoni'' *''

Bolitoglossa robusta The robust climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa robusta'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tro ...

'' (LC) *'' Bolitoglossa schizodactyla'' (LC) *''

Bolitoglossa sombra The shadowy web-footed salamander (''Bolitoglossa sombra'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and possibly Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threa ...

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Bolitoglossa taylori Taylor's climbing salamander (''Bolitoglossa taylori'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Panama and possibly Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest i ...

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Oedipina alfaroi ''Oedipina alfaroi'' is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in the Caribbean versant of eastern Costa Rica (Limón Province) and northwestern Panama (Bocas del Toro Province). It is commonly known as the Limon worm s ...

'' (VU) *'' Oedipina collaris'' (DD) *''

Oedipina complex ''Oedipina complex'', commonly known as the Gamboa worm salamander, is a species of lungless salamander found in western South America from Costa Rica to western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. This species inhabits humid tropical lowland fo ...

'' (LC) *'' Oedipina cyclocauda'' (LC) *''

Oedipina fortunensis ''Oedipina'' is a genus of lungless salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the ...

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Oedipina grandis ''Oedipina grandis'' is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction ...

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Oedipina maritima ''Oedipina maritima'', commonly known as the maritime worm salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama. Description ''Oedipina maritima'' is a small salamander species: ma ...

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Oedipina parvipes ''Oedipina parvipes'', commonly known as the Colombian worm salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. Its type locality is Cáceres, Antioquia. It may occur fu ...

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Toads and frogs (Anura)

Bufonidae

Order: Anura. Family:

Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad This category contains both species commonly called toads, and the true toads from the family Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad This category contains both species commonly called toads, and the true toads from the family Bufonidae {{Cat m ...

*'' Atelopus certus'' (EN) *''

Atelopus chiriquiensis ''Atelopus chiriquiensis'', the Chiriqui harlequin frog or Lewis' stubfoot toad, is an extinct species of toad in the family Bufonidae that was found in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica and western Panama (Province and Bocas del Toro Pro ...

'' (CR) *'' Atelopus glyphus'' (CR) *'' Atelopus limosus'' (EN) *''

Atelopus varius ''Atelopus varius'', the Costa Rican variable harlequin toad or clown frog, is a small Neotropical true toad from the family Bufonidae (Crump 1986). Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama, ''A. varius'' is now listed as critically endangered a ...

'' (CR) *'' Atelopus zeteki'' (CR) *''

Incilius aucoinae ''Incilius aucoinae'' is a species of toads in the family Bufonidae. It is found in south-western Costa Rica and adjacent western Panama. Before its description in 2004, it was confused with '' Incilius melanochlorus''. Etymology The specific n ...

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Incilius coniferus The evergreen toad (''Incilius coniferus'') is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. Conservation status It is potentially threatened by habitat loss, but is still categorized as a least-concern species by the International Union for Co ...

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Incilius epioticus ''Incilius epioticus'' (common name: Cerro Utyum toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found on the Atlantic versant of the Cordillera de Talamanca in south-eastern Costa Rica and north-eastern Panama. Its natural habitats are ...

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Incilius fastidiosus ''Incilius fastidiosus'', or the Pico Blanco toad, is a species of toad from western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica. It inhabits premontane and lower montane rainforest. It is largely a fossorial species that breeds explosively in temporary ...

'' (CR) *'' Incilius karenlipsae'' *''

Incilius melanochlorus ''Incilius melanochlorus'', formerly ''Bufo melanochlorus'', is a mid-sized species of toad with a crested head in the family Bufonidae. It is primarily distinguished by its very long first finger with respect to the other fingers. It is found in ...

'' (LC) *'' Incilius peripatetes'' (CR) *'' Incilius signifer'' (LC) *''

Rhaebo haematiticus ''Rhaebo haematiticus'' (formerly ''Bufo haematiticus'') is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela (Serranía del Perijá), and northwestern ...

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Rhinella acrolopha ''Rhinella acrolopha'', also known as Cerro Mali beaked toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in the Serranía del Darién in eastern Panama (including the Darién National Park) and in the immediately adjacent northwest ...

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Rhinella alata ''Rhinella'', commonly known as South American toads, beaked toads or Rio Viejo toads, is a genus of true toads native to Neotropical parts of Mexico, Central and South America. Additionally, the cane toad has been introduced to Australia, the Ca ...

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Rhinella centralis ''Rhinella'', commonly known as South American toads, beaked toads or Rio Viejo toads, is a genus of true toads native to Neotropical parts of Mexico, Central and South America. Additionally, the cane toad has been introduced to Australia, the Ca ...

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Rhinella marina The cane toad (''Rhinella marina''), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania ...

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Centrolenidae

Order: Anura. Family: Centrolenidae *''

Cochranella euknemos ''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 Co ...

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Cochranella granulosa ''Cochranella granulosa'' (common name: grainy Cochran frog, in Spanish ''ranita de cristal'') is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nica ...

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Espadarana prosoblepon ''Centrolene prosoblepon'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae, commonly known as the emerald glass frog or Nicaragua giant glass frog. This species can be found in Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. ...

'' (LC) *'' Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'' (NT) *'' Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi'' (LC) *'' Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum'' (LC) *''

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni ''Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni'', also known as Fleischmann's glass frog or the northern glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to Ecuador. Specifically, these fro ...

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Hyalinobatrachium valerioi ''Hyalinobatrachium valerioi'', sometimes known as the La Palma glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in central Costa Rica and south to Panama and the Pacific lowlands and slopes of western Colombia and Ecuad ...

'' (LC) *'' Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum'' (DD) *'' Sachatamia albomaculata'' (LC) *''

Sachatamia ilex ''Sachatamia ilex'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in eastern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, western Colombia (Pacific lowlands and the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental), and western Ecuador. Common ...

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Teratohyla pulverata ''Teratohyla'' is a small genus of glassfrogs in the subfamily Centroleninae. The genus was for a while included in '' Centrolenella'' and then ''Cochranella'', but it was resurrected in 2009. These frogs are distributed from lowlands of Centra ...

'' (LC) *'' Teratohyla spinosa'' (LC)

Craugastoridae

Order: Anura. Family:

Craugastoridae Craugastoridae, commonly known as fleshbelly frogs, is a family of New World direct-developing frogs. As delineated here, following the Amphibian Species of the World, it contains 129 species. They are found from the southern United States south ...

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Craugastor andi ''Craugastor andi'' is a species of rain frog in the family Craugastoridae which has not been seen since 1990. It is found in the Caribbean drainage of Costa Rica in the mountains and hills of the Cordillera Central and the far northeastern Cor ...

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Craugastor azueroensis ''Craugastor azueroensis'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Panama's Azuero Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers be ...

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Craugastor bransfordii ''Craugastor bransfordii'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane fore ...

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Craugastor catalinae ''Craugastor catalinae'' is a species of frogs in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in the Río Cotón drainage in the Pacific southwestern Costa Rica and on the Pacific slopes of Volcán Barú, western Panama. The specific name ''catalinae ...

'' (CR) *'' Craugastor crassidigitus'' (LC) *'' Craugastor emcelae'' (CR) *''

Craugastor evanesco ''Craugastor'' is a large genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae with 126 species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often ...

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Craugastor fitzingeri ''Craugastor fitzingeri'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in northwestern Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, eastern Nicaragua, and northeastern Honduras. The specific name ''fitzingeri'' honors Leopold Fitzinger Leo ...

'' (LC) *'' Craugastor fleischmanni'' (CR) *'' Craugastor gollmeri'' (LC) *'' Craugastor gulosus'' (EN) *''

Craugastor jota ''Craugastor podiciferus'', also known as the Rio Changena robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threaten ...

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Craugastor longirostris ''Craugastor longirostris'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Ecuador from the Guayas Province northwards to western Colombia extreme eastern Panama, with isolated populations in the Magdalena Valley, Colombia. It ...

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Craugastor megacephalus ''Craugastor megacephalus'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist mont ...

'' (LC) *'' Craugastor melanostictus'' (LC) *'' Craugastor monnichorum'' (DD) *''

Craugastor noblei ''Craugastor noblei'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habi ...

'' (LC) *'' Craugastor obesus'' (EN) *'' Craugastor opimus'' (LC) *''

Craugastor podiciferus ''Craugastor podiciferus'', also known as the Rio Changena robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threaten ...

'' (NT) *'' Craugastor polyptychus'' (LC) *'' Craugastor punctariolus'' (EN) *'' Craugastor raniformis'' (LC) *'' Craugastor ranoides'' (CR) *'' Craugastor rhyacobatrachus'' (EN) *'' Craugastor rugosus'' (LC) *''

Craugastor stejnegerianus ''Craugastor stejnegerianus'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tro ...

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Craugastor tabasarae ''Craugastor tabasarae'' is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Panama and known from a few isolated records in the Veraguas, Coclé, Colón, and Panamá Provinces. The range includes the eponymous Serranía de Tab ...

'' (CR) *'' Craugastor talamancae'' (LC) *'' Craugastor taurus'' (CR) *'' Craugastor underwoodi'' (LC)

Dendrobatidae

Order: Anura. Family:

Dendrobatidae Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the Family (biology), family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America. T ...

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Allobates talamancae ''Allobates talamancae'' (common names: Talamanca rocket frog, striped rocket frog, Talamanca striped rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in northwestern Ecuador, western Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, and ...

'' (LC) *'' Ameerega maculata'' (DD) *''

Andinobates claudiae ''Andinobates claudiae'' is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed h ...

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Andinobates fulguritus The yellow-bellied poison frog, yellow-bellied poison-arrow frog, or yellowbelly poison frog (''Andinobates fulguritus'') is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is found in northwestern Colombia (Chocó Department and the westernmo ...

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Andinobates minutus The blue-bellied poison frog or bluebelly poison frog (''Andinobates minutus'') is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. Dart-poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) form the most diverse group of diurnal frogs in the Neotropics, diminutive animal ...

'' (LC) *'' Colostethus latinasus'' (DD) *'' Colostethus panamansis'' (LC) *'' Colostethus pratti'' (LC) *''

Dendrobates auratus The green-and-black poison dart frog (''Dendrobates auratus''), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog (among others), is a brightly colored member of the order Anura native to Central America and northwestern ...

'' (LC) *'' Oophaga arborea'' (EN) *''

Oophaga granulifera 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. Originally described as ''Dendrobates granuliferus'', it was moved to ''Oophaga'' ...

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Oophaga pumilio ''Oophaga'' is a genus of poison-dart frogs containing twelve species, many of which were formerly placed in the genus '' Dendrobates''. The frogs are distributed in Central and South America, from Nicaragua through the Colombian El Choco to n ...

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Oophaga speciosa The splendid poison frog (''Oophaga speciosa'') is an extinct species of poison dart frog that was endemic to the eastern end of Cordillera de Talamanca, western Panama. Its natural habitats are humid lowland and montane forest Montane e ...

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Oophaga vicentei Vicente's poison frog (''Oophaga vicentei'') is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae that is endemic to the Veraguas and Coclé Provinces of central Panama. It is a little known arboreal frog that inhabits humid tropical lowland and monta ...

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Phyllobates lugubris The lovely poison frog or lovely poison-arrow frog (''Phyllobates lugubris'') is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is found on the Caribbean versant of Central America from southeastern Nicaragua through Costa Rica to northwestern ...

'' (LC) *'' Silverstoneia flotator'' (LC) *'' Silverstoneia nubicola'' (NT)

Dermophiidae

Order: Gymniophiona. Family:

Dermophiidae The Dermophiidae are a family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America, and Africa. Like other caecilian Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ...

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Dermophis glandulosus ''Dermophis glandulosus'' is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found in northwestern Colombia ( Córdoba and Antioquia Departments), Costa Rica, and Panama. It is the southernmost species among ''Dermophis''. Descriptio ...

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Dermophis gracilior ''Dermophis gracilior'' is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found on the Pacific slopes of Cordillera de Talamanca in eastern Costa Rica and western Panama, as well as in the central Pacific Costa Rica. Some sources also ...

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Dermophis parviceps ''Dermophis parviceps'' is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama, and possibly in Colombia, depending on the source. Common names slender caecilian and La Loma caecilian have been coined for it. ...

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Gymnopis multiplicata ''Gymnopis multiplicata'' is a species of caecilian in the family Dermophiidae found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist l ...

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Eleutherodactylidae

Order: Anura. Family:

Eleutherodactylidae The Eleutherodactylidae are a family of direct-developing frogs native to northern South America, the Caribbean, and southernmost North America. They are sometimes known under the common name rain frogs. Formerly the subfamily Eleutherodactylina ...

*'' Diasporus diastema'' (LC) *''

Diasporus quidditus ''Diasporus quidditus'' is a species of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae. It is found in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia ( Chocó, Antioquia, and Valle del Cauca Departments). The specific name ''quidditus'' is derived from Eng ...

'' (LC) *'' Diasporus vocator'' (LC) *''

Eleutherodactylus antillensis The red-eyed coqui, ''churi, coqui churi'', or ''coqui de las Antillas'' (''Eleutherodactylus antillensis'') is a species of frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae that is found in Puerto Rico, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, and introduced t ...

'' (LC) *'' Eleutherodactylus johnstonei'' (LC) *''

Eleutherodactylus planirostris The greenhouse frog (''Eleutherodactylus planirostris'') is a species of frog in the Family (biology), family Eleutherodactylidae, native to Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands, and it has been introduced to other areas, such as Florida, Ha ...

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Hemiphractidae

Order: Anura. Family:

Hemiphractidae The Hemiphractidae are a family of frogs from South and Central America. Previously, this group had been classified as a subfamily (Hemiphractinae) under family Hylidae. More recent research classifies these genera into their own family, or som ...

*'' Gastrotheca cornuta'' (EN) *'' Gastrotheca nicefori'' (LC) *''

Hemiphractus fasciatus ''Hemiphractus fasciatus'', or the banded horned treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in northwestern Ecuador and possibly the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia; although formerly liste ...

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Hylidae

Order: Anura. Family:

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and s ...

*'' Agalychnis callidryas'' (LC) *''

Agalychnis lemur ''Agalychnis lemur'', the lemur leaf frog or lemur frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and adjacent northwestern Colombia. It is classed as Critically Endangered and threatened by the f ...

'' (CR) *'' Agalychnis spurrelli'' (LC) *'' Anotheca spinosa'' (LC) *''

Cruziohyla calcarifer ''Cruziohyla calcarifer'', the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a species of tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae described in 1902 by George Albert Boulenger. It has a distribution from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuad ...

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Dendropsophus ebraccatus ''Dendropsophus ebraccatus'', also known as the hourglass treefrog, referring to the golden-brown hourglass shape seen surrounded by skin yellow on its back. Their underbellies are yellow. Their arms and lower legs usually display bold patterns ...

'' (LC) *'' Dendropsophus microcephalus'' (LC) *'' Dendropsophus phlebodes'' (LC) *'' Dendropsophus subocularis'' (LC) *'' Duellmanohyla lythrodes'' (EN) *''

Duellmanohyla uranochroa The Costa Rica brook frog or red-eyed stream frog (''Duellmanohyla uranochroa'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist mo ...

'' (CR) *'' Ecnomiohyla fimbrimembra'' (EN) *''

Ecnomiohyla miliaria Cope's brown treefrog or fringe-limbed treefrog (''Ecnomiohyla miliaria'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and sub ...

'' (VU) *'' Ecnomiohyla rabborum'' (EX) *'' Ecnomiohyla thysanota'' (DD) *''

Hyloscirtus colymba The La Loma tree frog (''Hyloscirtus colymba'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica, Panama, and expected but not confirmed in Colombia. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland and montane forests, with breedi ...

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Hyloscirtus palmeri Palmer's tree frog (''Hyloscirtus palmeri'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist mo ...

'' (LC) *'' Hypsiboas boans'' (LC) *'' Hypsiboas crepitans'' (LC) *'' Hypsiboas pugnax'' (LC) *'' Hypsiboas rosenbergi'' (LC) *'' Hypsiboas rufitelus'' (LC) *''

Isthmohyla angustilineata The narrow-lined tree frog (''Isthmohyla angustilineata'') is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitats are humid lower montane rainforests. It is a nocturnal species th ...

'' (CR) *'' Isthmohyla calypsa'' (CR) *''

Isthmohyla debilis ''Isthmohyla debilis'' is a rare species of frog in the family Hylidae. It occurs in the Atlantic slopes of the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Talamanca in Costa Rica and western Panama as well as on the Pacific slopes in southwestern Panama ...

'' (CR) *'' Isthmohyla graceae'' (CR) *''

Isthmohyla infucata ''Isthmohyla infucata'' is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae endemic to Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Infucata is threatened by ha ...

'' (DD) *'' Isthmohyla lancasteri'' (LC) *''

Isthmohyla picadoi ''Isthmohyla picadoi'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also terme ...

'' (NT) *'' Isthmohyla pictipes'' (EN) *'' Isthmohyla pseudopuma'' (LC) *'' Isthmohyla rivularis'' (CR) *''

Isthmohyla tica ''Isthmohyla tica'', also known as Starrett's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the Cordillera de Tilarán, Cordillera Central, and Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and western Panama. The specific name ' ...

'' (CR) *'' Isthmohyla zeteki'' (NT) *'' Phyllomedusa venusta'' (LC) *'' Ptychohyla legleri'' (EN) *''

Scinax boulengeri ''Scinax boulengeri'' (commonly known as Boulenger's snouted tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...

'' (LC) *'' Scinax elaeochroa'' (LC) *''

Scinax rostratus ''Scinax rostratus'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in central Panama and eastward to Colombia (where it is widespread), Venezuela (including the Llanos), and coastal lowlands of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Commo ...

'' (LC) *'' Scinax ruber'' (LC) *''

Scinax staufferi ''Scinax staufferi'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mo ...

'' (LC) *'' Smilisca phaeota'' (LC) *'' Smilisca sila'' (LC) *'' Smilisca sordida'' (LC) *'' Trachycephalus venulosus'' (LC)

Leptodactylidae

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Leptodactylidae The southern frogs form the Leptodactylidae, a name that comes from Greek meaning a bird or other animal having slender toes. They are a diverse family of frogs that most likely diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous. The family has u ...

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Engystomops pustulosus ''Engystomops'' is a genus of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. They are known commonly as foam frogs or túngara frogs, though the latter name most commonly refers to '' Engystomops pustulosus''. They are native to the Americas from southern ...

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Leptodactylus fragilis ''Leptodactylus fragilis'', known under many common names such as the Mexican white-lipped frog, American white-lipped frog or simply white-lipped frog, is a species of leptodactylid frog. Its distribution ranges from the Lower Rio Grande Val ...

'' (LC) *'' Leptodactylus fuscus'' (LC) *''

Leptodactylus insularum ''Leptodactylus'' is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs. It is very similar to ''Physalaemus'', a close relative, and indeed the recently described ''Leptodactylus lauramiria ...

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Leptodactylus melanonotus ''Leptodactylus melanonotus'' is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Central America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical ...

'' (LC) *'' Leptodactylus poecilochilus'' (LC) *''

Leptodactylus savagei ''Leptodactylus savagei'', or Savage's thin-toed frog, is a species of leptodactylid frog which ranges from eastern Honduras, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia adjacent to Panama, with a seemingly disjunct population present i ...

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Pleurodema brachyops The Colombian four-eyed frog (''Pleurodema brachyops''; in Spanish: ''sapito lipon'') is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in an area stretching from Guyana and northern Brazil ( Roraima state) through Venezuela (includ ...

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Microhylidae

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Microhylidae The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family. Evolution A molecular phylo ...

*'' Chiasmocleis panamensis'' (LC) *'' Elachistocleis ovalis'' (LC) *'' Nelsonophryne aterrima'' (LC) *'' Relictivomer pearsei'' (LC)

Pipidae

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Pipidae The Pipidae are a family of primitive, tongueless frogs. The 41 species in the family Pipidae are found in tropical South America (genus ''Pipa'') and sub-Saharan Africa (the three other genera). Description Pipid frogs are highly aquatic and ...

*'' Pipa myersi'' (EN)

Ranidae

Order: Anura. Family: Ranidae *'' Rana vaillanti'' (LC) *'' Rana vibicaria'' (CR) *'' Rana warszewitschii'' (LC)

Strabomantidae

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Strabomantidae The Strabomantidae are a family of frogs native to South America. These frogs lack a free-living larval stage and hatch directly into miniature "froglets". This family includes ''Pristimantis'', the most speciose genus of any vertebrate. System ...

*'' Pristimantis achatinus'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis adnus'' *''

Pristimantis altae ''Pristimantis altae'', also known as mountain robber frog, is a species of rain frog in the family Strabomantidae with a bright coral-coloured groin. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Taxonomy The species and its defining holotype were fi ...

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Pristimantis caryophyllaceus ''Pristimantis caryophyllaceus'' is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama; records from Colombia prior to 2010 refer to '' Pristimantis educatoris''. However, taxonomy of ''Pristimantis caryophyllace ...

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Pristimantis cerasinus ''Pristimantis cerasinus'', also known as Limon robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama from sea level to asl. Its natural habitats are humid lowland and montane ...

'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis cruentus'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis educatoris'' *''

Pristimantis gaigei ''Pristimantis gaigei'', also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Atlantic drainage lowlands from extreme south-eastern Costa Rica to eastern Panama an ...

'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis moro'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis museosus'' (EN) *'' Pristimantis pardalis'' (NT) *'' Pristimantis pirrensis'' (DD) *''

Pristimantis ridens ''Pristimantis ridens'', also known as the pygmy rain frog and the Rio San Juan robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in western Colombia (Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental), and then through Panam ...

'' (LC) *'' Pristimantis taeniatus'' (LC) *'' Strabomantis bufoniformis'' (LC) *'' Strabomantis laticorpus'' (DD)

Notes

References

* {{North America in topic, List of amphibians of

Amphibians Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...