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    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 [morera.b91@gmail.com]. 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
    San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica
    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 [morera.b91@gmail.com]. 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
    San Ramón, Alajuela, Costa Rica
    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 [morera.b91@gmail.com]. 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.

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