Craugastor escoces is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. After not having been seen after 1986—despite extensive directed surveys—it was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2004. However, the species was rediscovered on September 18, 2016, when two researchers from the University of Costa Rica found a female Craugastor escoces at the edge of the Juan Castro Blanco National Park in Alajuela Province. Habitat Its natural habitats are premontane and lower montane rainforests at elevations of above sea level. References escoces Endemic fauna of Costa Rica Amphibians of Costa Rica Amphibians described in 1975 Taxa named by Jay M. Savage Taxonomy articles created by Polbot