Rainforest Rocket Frog
This red-trousered, blue-eyed, humbug is the tiny Rainforest Rocket Frog. It really is tiny too, at about 17mm full-grown. It is found only in rainforests in Costa Rica and Panama. It occurs primarily in lowland rainforests but occurs on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The eggs are laid in leaf litter and the male transports the newly hatched tadpoles to nearby forest streams where they develop. One of the poison dart frogs, but these are only mildly toxic. They are supposedly common and diurnal where they occur but this was the only one we encountered. It was in the Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica.
Rainforest Rocket Frog
This red-trousered, blue-eyed, humbug is the tiny Rainforest Rocket Frog. It really is tiny too, at about 17mm full-grown. It is found only in rainforests in Costa Rica and Panama. It occurs primarily in lowland rainforests but occurs on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The eggs are laid in leaf litter and the male transports the newly hatched tadpoles to nearby forest streams where they develop. One of the poison dart frogs, but these are only mildly toxic. They are supposedly common and diurnal where they occur but this was the only one we encountered. It was in the Piedras Blancas National Park in southern Costa Rica.