''Incilius chompipe'' is a species of

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s in the family

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, known from several localities near Cascajal in the Cerro Chompipe and in the Reserva Dantas, both in the Cordillera Central of

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Description

Males measure and females, based on a single specimen, in snout–vent length. The body is robust. The head bears canthal, supraorbital, supratympanic, and parietal crests, and the snout is acutely pointed.

Parotoid gland The parotoid gland (alternatively, paratoid gland) is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders. It can secrete a number of milky alkaloid substances (depending on the species) known collective ...

s are triangular and barely evident. Dorsal skin is, except for the nearly smooth mid-dorsum, roughened with numerous distinctly raised, rounded or pointed tubercles. Skin secretions of ''Incilius chompipe'' can inflict notable irritation to human eyes.

Habitat and conservation

Its natural

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s are primary and mature

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...

s with a closed canopy at elevations of

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. It seems to thrive in deep leaf litter. It occurs on two protected areas.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q27988701 chompipe Amphibians described in 2007 Amphibians of Costa Rica Endemic fauna of Costa Rica