AN APPROXIMATE LIST OF
TOADS & FROGS
OF NORTHERN YUCATAN (north of Mérida's latitude)

(mostly based on distribution information in
Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize,
Jonathen A. Campbell, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998)

Middle American Burrowing Toad, Family Rhinophrynidae (monotypic)
  • Middle American Burrowing Toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Climbing & Foamfrogs, Family Leptodactylidae

  • Yucatan Climbing Frog, Eleutherodactylus yucatanensis (eastern)
  • White-lipped Foamfrog, Leptodactylus labialis
  • Fringe-toed Foamfrog, Leptodactylus melanonotus

Toads, Family Bufonidae

  • Giant Toad, Bufo marinus
  • Gulf Coast Toad, Bufo valliceps

Treefrogs, Family Hylidae

  • Red-eyed Leaf-frog -- Agalychnis callidryas
  • Yellow Cricket Treefrog, Hyla microcephala (eastern)
  • Milky Treefrog, Phrynohyas venulosa
  • Stauffer's Longnosed Treefrog, Scinax staufferi
  • Baudin's Treefrong, Smilisca baudinii
  • Yucatan Casqueheaded Treefrong, Triprion petasatus

Sheep Toads, Family Microhylidae

  • Sheep Toad, Hypopachus variolosus

True Frogs, Family Ranidae

  • Rio Grande Leopard Frog, Rana berlandieri
  • ? Vaillant's Frog, Rana vaillanti

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