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title: "Barking Frog"
description: "Craugastor augusti — Amphibians. Craugastor augusti is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae found in Mexico and the southern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/barking-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Barking Frog

> Craugastor augusti — Amphibians. Craugastor augusti is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae found in Mexico and the southern United States.

- Scientific name: *Craugastor augusti*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 812
- Wikidata: [Q3002246](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3002246)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65212](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65212)

## Names

- en: Barking Frog
- es: Rana ladradora amarilla
- fr: Grenouille voleuse

## Countries with the most observations

MX (460), US (192)

## Summary

Craugastor augusti is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae found in Mexico and the southern United States. It is known by various common names but most commonly as the barking frog (also common robber frog, cliff frog). The nominal species likely includes more than one species, sometimes described as subspecies such as the common barking frog (Craugastor augusti augusti), western barking frog (Craugastor augusti cactorum), and eastern barking frog (Craugastor augusti latrans). The epithet augusti is in honor of renowned French zoologist Auguste Duméril.
It is called the barking frog because its call sounds…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craugastor_augusti

## Photo

![Barking Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barking-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166477971

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barking-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).