Amphibians and Reptiles Identified on the
GreenTracks Trip
to the Golfito Area of Southwestern Costa Rica
on September 23-30, 2001


The following species were collected, seen, or heard. If the species was not collected, (S) indicates seen, (H) indicates heard but not seen, and (RK) indicates road kill. (A) indicates an alien (introduced) species. The number of each snake species identified is listed after the species name. Some common names are included for your convenience; take them with a grain of salt.

For comparison, see the species list from a similar trip in October 2000 (from whose plagiarized source this page began). To find out more about participating in neotropical herping expeditions visit the GreenTracks website.

Please report any mistakes to John Sullivan, john@wildherps.com.

AMPHIBIA

-GYMNOPHIONA

--CAECILIAIDAE (CAECILIANS)
1. thumbnail Gymnopis multiplicata
Purple Caecilian


-ANURA

--LEPTODACTYLIDAE
2. thumbnail Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri  (S)
Common Rain Frog
3. thumbnail Eleutherodactylus stejnegerianus
Stejneger's Rain Frog
4. thumbnail Eleutherodactylus taurus  (S)
Golfito Rain Frog
5. thumbnail Leptodactylus bolivianus  (H)
Bolivian White-lipped Frog
6. thumbnail Leptodactylus labialis  (H)
Mexican White-lipped Frog, Cope's White-lipped Frog
7. thumbnail Leptodactylus melanonotus  (H)
Black-backed Frog, Sabinal Frog
8. thumbnail Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Smokey Jungle Frog
9. thumbnail Physalaemus pustulosus  (S)
Tungara Frog, Mud-puddle Frog


--BUFONIDAE (TOADS)
10. thumbnail Bufo coniferus
Green Climbing Toad
11. thumbnail Bufo marinus
Cane Toad, Marine Toad, Giant Toad
12. thumbnail Bufo melanochloris
Wet Forest Toad


--HYLIDAE (TREE and LEAF FROGS)
13. thumbnail Agalychnis callidryas
Red-eyed Leaf Frog
14. thumbnail Hyla microcephala  (H)
Hourglass Frog, Small-headed Treefrog, Yellow Treefrog
15. thumbnail Hyla rosenbergi
Gladiator Frog
16. thumbnail Scinax elaeochroa
Narrow-headed Treefrog
17. thumbnail Smilisca phaeota
Masked Treefrog
18. thumbnail Smilisca sordida
Drab Treefrog


--DENDROBATIDAE (POISON FROGS)
19. thumbnail Colostethus nubicola
Rocket Frog
20. thumbnail Dendrobates auratus
Green and Black Poison Frog


--CENTROLENIDAE (GLASS FROGS)
21. thumbnail Centrolene prosoblepon
Emerald Glass Frog


--RANIDAE (TRUE FROGS)
22. thumbnail Rana forreri  (RK)
Costa Rican Leopard Frog
23. thumbnail Rana warschewitschii
Brilliant Forest Frog


REPTILIA

-TESTUDINATA

--CHELYDRIDAE (SNAPPING TURTLES)
24. thumbnail Chelydra serpentina  (S)
Common Snapping Turtle


-SQUAMATA - SAURIA (LIZARDS)

--CORYTOPHANIDAE (CASQUEHEAD LIZARDS)
25. thumbnail Basiliscus basiliscus
Common Basilisk, Brown Basilisk
26. thumbnail Corytophanes cristatus
Helmeted Basilisk, Casque-headed Basilisk, Casque-headed Lizard


--IGUANIDAE (IGUANAS and SPINYTAIL IGUANAS)
27. thumbnail Ctenosaura similis  (S)
Ctenosaur, Black Iguana
28. thumbnail Iguana iguana  (S)
Green Iguana, Common Iguana


--POLYCHROTIDAE (ANOLES)
29. thumbnail Anolis capito
Pug-nosed Anole, Big-headed Anole
30. thumbnail Anolis polylepis  (S)
Many-scaled Anole
31. thumbnail Anolis tropidolepis
Cloud Forest Anole
32. thumbnail Norops aquaticus
Stream Anole
33. thumbnail Norops limifrons  (S)
Slender Brown Anole
34. thumbnail Norops pentaprion
Faded Anole


--GEKKONIDAE (GECKOS)
35. thumbnail Gonatodes albogularis
Yellow-headed Gecko
36. thumbnail Hemidactylus frenatus  (A)(S)
Common House Gecko
37. thumbnail Lepidodactylus lugubris  (A)
Mourning Gecko


--GYMNOPTHALMIDAE (SPECTACLED LIZARDS)
38. thumbnail Leposoma southi  (S)
Northern Spectacled Lizard


--TEIIDAE (WHIPTAILS and TEGUS)
39. thumbnail Ameiva festiva
Central American Ameiva
40. thumbnail Ameiva leptophrys  (S)
Delicate Ameiva
41. thumbnail Ameiva quadrilineata
Four-lined Ameiva


--SCINCIDAE (SKINKS)
42. thumbnail Sphenomorphus cherriei
Striped Litter Skink


--XANTUSIIDAE (NIGHT LIZARDS)
43. thumbnail Lepidophyma flavimaculatum  (S)
Tropical Night Lizard


-SQUAMATA - SERPENTES (SNAKES)

--COLUBRIDAE (COLUBRIDS)
44. thumbnail Mastigodryas melanolomus  (3 + 1RK)
Salmon-bellied Racer
45. thumbnail Leptodeira septentrionalis  (3 + 8RK)
Cat-eyed Snake
46. thumbnail Sibon nebulata  (1 + 1RK)
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake


--VIPERIDAE (VIPERS and PIT VIPERS)
47. thumbnail Bothrops asper  (3 + 1RK)
Central American Lancehead, Terciopelo, Fer-de-lance


-CROCODYLIA

--CROCODYLIDAE (CROCODILES and CAIMAN)
48. thumbnail Caiman crocodilus  (S)
Common Caiman
49. thumbnail Crocodylus acutus  (S)
American Crocodile

An account of this trip with more photos is here.

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