---
title: "Dwarf Glass Frog"
description: "Teratohyla spinosa — Amphibien. Teratohyla spinosa (common name: spiny Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dwarf-glass-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dwarf Glass Frog

> Teratohyla spinosa — Amphibien. Teratohyla spinosa (common name: spiny Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae.

- Scientific name: *Teratohyla spinosa*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 830
- Wikidata: [Q28056812](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28056812)
- iNaturalist taxon: [21279](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/21279)

## Names

- en: Dwarf Glass Frog
- es: Rana de cristal de Espinosa

## Countries with the most observations

CR (346), PA (76), CO (28), EC (27), HN (4), NI (4)

## Summary

Teratohyla spinosa (common name: spiny Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Pacific lowlands of northern and central Ecuador and western Colombia, northward on the Pacific slopes Panama and Costa Rica, as well as on the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

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

## Photo

![Dwarf Glass Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dwarf-glass-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: mularo1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128938442

## Machine access

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