Craugastor ranoides
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Craugastor ranoides faces severe population declines primarily due to the devastating chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which has caused widespread amphibian mortality throughout Central America. Habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in Costa Rica's montane regions has further fragmented remaining populations. Climate change is altering the species' cloud forest habitat, with shifting precipitation patterns and temperature increases affecting the moisture-dependent breeding sites essential for this direct-developing frog.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and humid premontane forests in Costa Rica, typically found in leaf litter and low vegetation at elevations between 1,200-2,000 meters. It requires consistently moist microhabitats with stable temperature and humidity conditions characteristic of these high-elevation tropical forests.
