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title: "Gaige's Rain Frog"
description: "Pristimantis gaigei — Amphibien. Pristimantis gaigei, also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/gaige-s-rain-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gaige's Rain Frog

> Pristimantis gaigei — Amphibien. Pristimantis gaigei, also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae.

- Scientific name: *Pristimantis gaigei*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 410
- Wikidata: [Q1592989](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1592989)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66673](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66673)

## Names

- en: Gaige's Rain Frog
- nl: Eleutherodactylus gaigeae
- pt: Eleutherodactylus gaigeae

## Countries with the most observations

CO (219), PA (126), CR (29)

## Summary

Pristimantis gaigei, also known as the Fort Randolph robber frog or Gaige's rain frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Atlantic drainage lowlands from extreme south-eastern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and to central Colombia; it is widely distributed in Colombia west of the Cordillera Oriental. Its natural habitat is primary humid lowland forest, but it also occurs in secondary forest. It is a nocturnal species found under surface debris and in leaf-litter.
Pristimantis gaigei is named after Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige, an American herpetologist.

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

## Photo

![Gaige's Rain Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gaige-s-rain-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20782098

## Machine access

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