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List of Amphibian Species Lista De Especies De Anfibios List of Amphibian Species Lista de Especies de Anfibios Updated January 2018 / Actualizado enero del 2018. Despite several surveys throughout the history of the Reserve the species list represents only roughly half of the expected species. This may be due to declining populations of those species or a lack of more systematic sampling during peak periods of activity. A pesar de varios estudios durante la historia de la Reserva, la lista actual de anfibios sola representa la mitad de las especies esperadas. Unas explicaciones incluyen la disminución de las poblaciones de estas especies y una falta de investigaciones coordinadas con periodos de actividad alta. Gymnophiona Dermophiidae Caecilians Gymnopis multiplicata Peters, 1874 Anura Hyloides Meridianura Eleutherodactylidae Dink Frogs Diasporus diastema (Cope, 1875) Craugastoridae Craugastorinae Rain Frogs Craugastor bransfordii (Cope, 1886) Craugastor crassidigitus (Taylor, 1952) Craugastor fitzingeri (Schmidt, 1857) Craugastor mimus (Taylor, 1955) Craugastor noblei (Barbour and Dunn, 1921) Ceuthomantinae Robber Frogs Pristimantis cerasinus (Cope, 1875) Pristimantis cruentus (Peters, 1873) Pristimantis ridens (Cope, 1866) Tinctanura Hylidae Treefrogs Hylinae Hypsiboas rufitelus (Fouquette, 1961) Scinax boulengeri (Cope, 1887) Scinax elaeochrous (Cope, 1875) Smilisca phaeota (Cope, 1862) Smilisca sordida (Peters, 1863) Phyllomedusinae Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862) Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955 Centrolenidae Glass Frogs Centroleninae Cochranella granulosa (Taylor, 1949) Espadarana prosoblepon (Boettger, 1892) Sachatamia albomaculata (Taylor, 1949) Sachatamia ilex (Savage, 1967) Teratohyla pulverata (Peters, 1873) Teratohyla spinosa (Taylor, 1949) Hyalinobatrachinae Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958) Hyalinobatrachium valerioi (Dunn, 1931) Leptodactylidae Jungle Frogs Leptodactylinae Leptodactylus melanonotus (Hallowell, 1861) Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Laurenti, 1768) Leptodactylus poecilochilus (Cope, 1862) Leptodactylus savagei Heyer, 2005 Dendrobatidae Poison Dart Frogs Oophaga pumilio (Schmidt, 1857) Phyllobates lugubris (Schmidt, 1857) Bufonidae Toads Incilius melanochlorus (Cope, 1877) Rhaebo haematiticus Cope, 1862 Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) Ranoides Ranidae Frogs Lithobates vaillanti (Brocchi, 1877) Lithobates warszewitschii (Schmidt, 1857) Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos: Erick Berlin, Holly Cale, Ernesto Carman, Diego Dierick, Mo Donnelly, Ken Draves, Ben Evans, George Farnsworth, Paul Foster, Rob Gandola, Reuben Goforth, Noah Gordon, Dan Griffith, Cat Hendry, Donald Jiménez, Ricchard Lehtinen, Kelsey Reider, Dave Richards, Jenny Stynoski, Caitlin Thomas, Michelle Thompson, Orlando Vargas, Andrés Vega, Steven Whitfield, and Heather York. References / Referencias: Colvée Nebot, Salvador. 2016. A photographic guide to the common amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica. Ediciones Rodeno, Cullera, Valencia, Spain. Frost, Darrel R. 2015. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (22 December 2015). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Frost, Darrel R., Taran Grant, Julián Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Célio F. B. Haddad, Rafael O. de Sá, Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, and Ward C. Wheeler. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 297: 1-316. Guyer, Craig, and Maureen A. Donnelly. 2005. Amphibians and reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean slope: a comprehensive guide. University of California Press, Berekeley, California. Grant, Taran, Darrel R. Frost, Janalee P. Caldwell, Ron Gagliardo, Célio F. B. Haddad, Philippe J. R. Kok. D. Bruce Means, Brice P. Noonan, Walter E. Schargel, and Ward C. Wheeler. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 299: 1-262. Köhler, Gunther. 2011. Amphibians of Central America. Herpeton, Offenbach, Germany. Leenders, Twan. 2016. Amphibians of Costa Rica: a field guide. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. Muñoz Chacón, Federico, and Ricard Dennis Johnston. 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. Savage, Jay M. 2002. The amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: a herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. © Reserva Ecológica Bijagual, 2018. .
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