Golden Toad

Bufo periglenes

Habitat
Undisturbed tropical elfin cloud forest

Distribution
The Golden Toad is highly restricted to an area approximately 0.5km by 8km within the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica. It is not found anywhere else.

Status
CITES Appendix 1

Population
The total numbers recorded were 1500 in 1987; 1 in 1989; none in 1990. It is not known if the species is extinct.

Threats
Unknown; potential causes of anuran decline (habitat destruction, introduced predators, collecting), not applicable.

Conservation
Environmental monitoring may provide an answer

Size
Not available

Weight
Not available

Special features
Dimorphic: males are orange, females black with scarlet, yellow edged blotches. The egg clutch size, averaging 200, is small for an amphibian.

Return to the top of the page

File last modified Thursday, October 3, 1996