Sabinal Frog
Leptodactylus melanonotus
Spanish: Rana espuma
Leptodactylus melanonotus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland,... Most often recorded in Jul, Mar, Nov, Aug.
- 2026-07-17 — observation by adrian_mora
- 2026-07-17 — observation by mora17918
- 2024-03-07 — observation by vctrndr
- 2022-07-11 — observation by filibertorumbo
- 2021-11-13 — observation by zihuadean
- 2021-08-29 — observation by vctrndr
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Cite as: “Sabinal Frog (Leptodactylus melanonotus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/leptodactylus-melanonotus/, updated 2026-10-18. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.