Reptiles & amphibians · La Saladita, Guerrero

Sheep Frog

Hypopachus variolosus

Spanish: Sapito boca angosta

Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus)
Photographed by pedro_nahuat on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Bacalar, Q.R., México, not near La Saladita

The Mexican narrow-mouthed toad (Hypopachus variolosus) is a species of sheep frog native to the Pacific and Caribbean lowlands from southern Texas to Costa Rica. Sheep frogs make a distinctive call that resembles a sheep's bleat during and after rainfall in warm months.

TaxonomyAmphibia › Anura › Microhylidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records2,068 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/hypopachus-variolosus/, updated 2026-09-26. 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.