Isthmohyla pictipes
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Isthmohyla pictipes faces severe population decline primarily due to the devastating chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that has decimated amphibian populations across Central America. Habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in Costa Rica's montane regions has further fragmented the species' already limited range. Climate change is altering the cool, moist conditions essential for this high-elevation specialist, pushing suitable habitat to increasingly restricted mountaintop refugia.
Habitat
This species inhabits cool, humid montane cloud forests and elfin woodlands at elevations between 1,400-2,400 meters in Costa Rica's Cordillera de Talamanca. It requires pristine forest canopy and understory vegetation with consistent moisture levels and stable temperatures typical of high-elevation tropical montane ecosystems.
