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title: "Vaillant's Frog"
description: "Lithobates vaillanti — Amphibians. Vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/vaillant-s-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vaillant's Frog

> Lithobates vaillanti — Amphibians. Vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Central America.

- Scientific name: *Lithobates vaillanti*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1807
- Wikidata: [Q23016088](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23016088)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66016](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66016)

## Names

- en: Vaillant's Frog
- es: Rana de Vaillant
- pl: Rana vaillanti

## Countries with the most observations

CR (718), MX (206), CO (171), HN (119), BZ (79), PA (75), NI (41), EC (20), GT (18)

## Summary

Vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Central America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaillant%27s_frog

## Photo

![Vaillant's Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vaillant-s-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dennis White · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38588676

## Machine access

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