Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Craugastor inachus (Craugastor inachus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Craugastor inachus (Craugastor inachus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Craugastor inachus

Craugastor inachus

Craugastor inachus is a rainfrog in the family Craugastoridae (order Anura), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Guatemala.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Craugastor inachus
Recorded from
Guatemala
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Anura · Craugastoridae · Craugastor

The rainfrog

These New World rainfrogs typically skip a free-swimming tadpole: eggs are laid on land and froglets hatch directly.

Frogs and toads typically begin as aquatic tadpoles, though some families lay eggs on land and hatch as froglets. Skin and eggs both need moisture.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Direct-developing rainfrogs live in wet forest. They do not need a pond, which is why a logged hillside can erase a species.

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

In crisis

Direct-developing frogs vanish with the forest floor. There is no pond population waiting off-site.

Craugastor inachus is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Craugastor inachus — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3002282. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Craugastor inachus?
Craugastor inachus is a rainfrog in the family Craugastoridae (order Anura).
What is the conservation status of Craugastor inachus?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Craugastor inachus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Craugastor inachus live?
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and rivers.
Why is Craugastor inachus in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Craugastor inachus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Craugastor inachus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.