Evergreen toad

Incilius coniferus

The evergreen toad is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.
Evergreen Toad (Incilius coniferus) Found in the gardens of the Esquinas Rainforest Lodge in the Golfo Dulce Region of Costa Rica during a night walk.

In some literature it is also called Green Climbing Toad in English. Amphibien,Costa Rica,Evergreen toad,Fall,Gebiete,Geotagged,Incilius coniferus,Kröte,Nacht

Appearance

The evergreen toad can be colored with browns, greens, and even yellows. These colors on its back and other areas of the body are arranged in a camouflage pattern that can be unique between each member of the species. Its eyes are green with vertically slit pupils.

Adult males of the species can measure approximately 53–72 mm and adult females 76–94 mm. Females and males in adulthood or easy to tell apart due to males usually having just abit brighter coloring. However, when they haven't metamorphosed yet, males and females are practically indistinguishable as all the tadpoles look identical.

Distribution

It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Status

It is potentially threatened by habitat loss, but is still categorized as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. A species cannot be assigned to the least-concern category unless it has had its population status evaluated.

Habitat

The toad is commonly found in lowland wet and moist forest zones, and is less frequently found in per-mountain wet forest and lower mountain wet forest zones. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest. The Pacific Equatorial Forest is also this green toad's home.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyBufonidae
GenusIncilius
SpeciesI. coniferus
Photographed in
Costa Rica