#1997 · 🐸 amphibians
Savage's Thin-toed Frog
Leptodactylus savagei
📍 Yondó, Antioquia, Colombia
📍 Costanera Sur, Guapil, Provincia de Puntarenas, Savegre, Costa Rica
📍 Ara Ambigua Lodge, Heredia Province, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Barrio La Guaria, Costa Rica
📍 Alajuela Province, San Carlos, Costa Rica
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Jorge I. Merchán Mayorga · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © John Sullivan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © sethf1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Daniel Vásquez-Restrepo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © lilis198 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Yondó, Antioquia, Colombia:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Costanera Sur, Guapil, Provincia de Puntarenas, Savegre, Costa Rica:© Wren · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ara Ambigua Lodge, Heredia Province, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Barrio La Guaria, Costa Rica:© Stella Tea · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Alajuela Province, San Carlos, Costa Rica:© Jay · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Leptodactylus savagei , or Savage's thin-toed frog , is a species of leptodactylid frog which ranges from eastern Honduras, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia adjacent to Panama, with a seemingly disjunct population present in the area of Santa Marta in northern Colombia, at elevations from close to the sea level to 660 m (2,170 ft).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,604 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 2005 (21 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Savage's Thin-toed Frog
- scientific name
- Leptodactylus savagei
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Leptodactylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,604
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 2005
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 65962, Wikidata Q3230026, GBIF 5217534, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.