The
blue-sided leaf frog (
Agalychnis annae) is a species of
tree frog in the family
Phyllomedusidae native to the
tropical rainforests of Central America. It is known only from the Central Valley of Costa Rica, on the slopes of the
Cordillera de Talamanca, the
Cordillera de Tilarán and the
Cordillera Central, at altitudes between 600 and 1,650 m (2,000 and 5,400 ft). The total extent of its range is estimated to be around 16,000 km
2 (6,178 sq mi), and the
International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as a
vulnerable species. This photograph of a blue-sided leaf frog was captured in
Heredia Province, Costa Rica, and was
focus-stacked from two separate images.
Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp