Backpack Frogs
Cryptobatrachus
Cryptobatrachus is a genus of frogs under family Hemiphractidae. They are found in Colombia and Venezuela. They are commonly called backpack frogs, as the females have the habit of carrying their clutch on their backs until the young hatch; this behaviour also occurs in the related hemiphractid genera Hemiphractus and Stefania.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Boulenger's Backpack Frog
speciesCryptobatrachus boulengeri
Fuhrmann's Backpack Frog
speciesCryptobatrachus fuhrmanni
Cryptobatrachus ruthveni
speciesCryptobatrachus ruthveni
Cryptobatrachus pedroruizi
speciesCryptobatrachus pedroruizi
Cryptobatrachus conditus
speciesCryptobatrachus conditus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cryptobatrachus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24395.