Amphibians

Tree-frogs are again something of an icon and we hoped in advance to see and photograph them in the rain forest. Managing our expectations was never going to be easy... Flash was not used for any of the shots.

Red-eyed Green Leaf Frog

(Agalychnis callidryas)

Taken at Tortuguero during a night walk with lighting by a hand torch. Note orange feet for the first image. This apparently, is one way of differentiating these Caribbean frogs from those found on the Pacific side of the country.

The second image below and the one shown on the page-header, were seen on a night walk near Esquinas Lodge (Pacific side).

Masked Smilisca Tree Frog

(Smilisca phaeota)

Seen during an afternoon walk in Manuel Antonio NP. This example that was just trying to hide in plain sight. At 8-10cm long, it was quite large compared to the leaf frog.

'Blue-Jeans' Poison Dart Frog

(Orphaga pumillo)

Quite a number of these tiny iconic frogs 1-2cm long, were seen in the leaf litter next to a stream at our hotel in La Fortuna whilst we were on our early morning bird walk.

Savage's Bullfrog

(Leptodactylus savageii)

Seen during our night walk near Esquinas Lodge

Slim-fingered Rain Frog

(Craugastor crassidigitus)

Seen during our night walk near Esquinas Lodge.

Narrow-headed Frog

(Scinax elaeochorus)

Seen during our night walk near Esquinas Lodge.

Cane Toad

(Rhinela marinus)

Seen during our night walk near Esquinas Lodge.

The second image also from this walk, doesn't look quite the same as the first toad, but from what we can see online, it seems that this is probably a Cane Toad.

Drab Tree Frog

(Smilisca sordida)

Another from our night walk at Esquinas Lodge.

Emerald Glass Frog

(Espadarana prosoblepon)

Photographed during our nocturnal walk at Esquinas. This little frog is so named because its internal organs are visible through its skin!

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