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Basic information
Hypopachus variolosus
Costa Rican Sheep Frog
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyNarrow-mouthed frogs
GenusHypopachus
- Czech name
- Parosnička středoamerická
- English name
- Costa Rican Sheep Frog
- Alternative names
- Mexican Narrow-mouthed Toad, Northern Sheep Frog, Rana-oveja común, Sheep Frog
- Synonyms
- Engystoma inguinalis, Engystoma variolosum, Hypopachus alboventer, Hypopachus alboventer reticulatus, Hypopachus caprimimus, Hypopachus cuneus, Hypopachus cuneus nigroreticulatus, Hypopachus globulosus, Hypopachus championi, Hypopachus inguinalis, Hypopachus maculatus, Hypopachus ovis, Hypopachus oxyrrhinus, Hypopachus oxyrrhinus ovis, Hypopachus oxyrrhinus taylori, Hypopachus reticulatus, Hypopachus seebachi, Hypopachus variolosus inguinalis, Systoma variolosum
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 53 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Clutch size
- 700–700 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf4231 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3NXSC · COL26.9