San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Amphibians of the San Ramón Cloud Forest 1

Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Gestión de los Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Costa Rica
All photos by Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Produced by: Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
© Brayan H. Morera-Chacón [[email protected]]. Thanks to: César L. Barrio-Amorós (Doc Frog Expeditions).
(M) Male, (F) Female and (A) Amplexus [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [855] version 1 01/2017

1 Incilius coniferus (M) 2 Incilius melanochlorus 3 Incilius melanochlorus 4 Rhinella horribilis

BUFONlDAE BUFONlDAE BUFONlDAE BUFONlDAE

5 Cochranella granulosa 6 Espadarana prosoblepon (M) 7 Espadarana prosoblepon (F) 8 Sachatamia ilex
CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE CENTROLENIDAE

9 Teratohyla pulverata 10 Craugastor bransfordii 11 Craugastor crassidigitus 12 Craugastor fitzingeri

CENTROLENIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

13 Craugastor fitzingeri 14 C.crassidigitus (above); C. fitzingeri 15 Craugastor podiciferus 16 Craugastor podiciferus

(below)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

17 Craugastor stejnegerianus 18 Pristimantis altae 19 Pristimantis caryophyllaceus
20 Pristimantis cruentus (M)

CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE
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Amphibians of the San Ramón Cloud Forest 2
Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Gestión de los Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Costa Rica
All photos by Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Produced by: Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
© Brayan H. Morera-Chacón [[email protected]]. Thanks to: César L. Barrio-Amorós (Doc Frog Expeditions).
(M) Male, (F) Female and (A) Amplexus [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [855] version 1 01/2017

21 Pristimantis cruentus (F) 22 Pristimantis cruentus (M) 23 Pristimantis cruentus (F) 24 Pristimantis ridens (A)
CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE CRAUGASTORIDAE

25 Pristimantis ridens 26 Diasporus diastema 27 Diasporus hylaeformis 28 Agalychnis callidryas

CRAUGASTORIDAE ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE HYLIDAE

29 Dendropsophus ebraccatus 30 Dendropsophus ebraccatus 31 Duellmanohyla rufioculis 32 Duellmanohyla rufioculis

HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE

33 Duellmanohyla rufioculis (A) 34 Isthmohyla pseudopuma 35 Scinax elaeochrous
36 Smilisca phaeota

HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE HYLIDAE

37 Smilisca sordida 38 Smilisca sordida (A) 39 Leptodactylus savagei 40 Lithobates warszewitschii (M)
HYLIDAE HYLIDAE LEPTODACTYLIDAE RANIDAE
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Amphibians of the San Ramón Cloud Forest 3
Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Gestión de los Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Costa Rica
All photos by Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
Produced by: Brayan H. Morera-Chacón
© Brayan H. Morera-Chacón [[email protected]]. Thanks to: César L. Barrio-Amorós (Doc Frog Expeditions).
(M) Male, (F) Female and (A) Amplexus [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [855] version 1 01/2017

41 Lithobates warszewitschii (F) 42 Lithobates warszewitschii (A) 43 Nototriton gamezi 44 Oedipina uniformis
RANIDAE RANIDAE PLETHODONTIDAE PLETHODONTIDAE

The cloud forest of San Ramón is

located in the mountains near the
continental divide at an elevation of
between 1100 and 1500 meters above
sea level. The herpetofauna of this
forest has been little studied, with
species whose taxonomy is not clear
Map of Costa Rica showing the San Ramón area
as well as species under threat of
extinction.

Map of San Ramón showing the cloud forest

Brayan H. Morera-Chacón is a
manager of natural resources
with a special interest in
amphibians and reptiles. In his
few years of research
experience he has dedicated
his work to the premontane
forests of San Ramón.