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title: "Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog"
description: "Craugastor megacephalus — Amfibieën. Craugastor megacephalus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-broad-headed-litter-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog

> Craugastor megacephalus — Amfibieën. Craugastor megacephalus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.

- Scientific name: *Craugastor megacephalus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 823
- Wikidata: [Q3002292](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3002292)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65255](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65255)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog
- es: Ranita cabezona de hojarasca

## Countries with the most observations

CR (752), PA (8), NI (5)

## Summary

Craugastor megacephalus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.
It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
It is threatened by habitat loss.

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

## Photo

![Atlantic Broad-headed Litter Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-broad-headed-litter-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76094285

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-broad-headed-litter-frog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).