''Silverstoneia flotator'', the rainforest rocket frog, is a terrestrial, diurnal

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

found in humid lowlands of

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and

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 ...

. It is generally very common and therefore considered to be of

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by the

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. The

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is in need of a review, as it may consist of a complex of several species.

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flotator Amphibians described in 1931 Amphibians of Costa Rica Amphibians of Panama Taxa named by Emmett Reid Dunn {{Dendrobatidae-stub